JEE Main 2024: NTA reduces application fees for EWS, OBC, gives options to register
Anu Parthiban | November 2, 2023 | 01:12 PM IST | 1 min read
JEE Main 2024 Registration Date: Candidate will have to register for JEE through DigiLocker, ABC, passport number, PAN card or Aadhaar number.
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Try NowNEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has reduced the Joint Entrance Examination - Main (JEE Main 2024) application fees for foreign candidates. The JEE Main 2024 registration process has also been modified for the 2024-25 session. Engineering aspirants can fill the JEE Main application form on the official website, jeemain.nta.ac.in. JEE Main 2024 Registration Date (OUT): Application begins at jeemain.nta.nic.in; schedule
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Male and female candidates who belong to the general-EWS and OBC-NCL category and opting to appear in centres outside India will have to pay Rs 4,500 and Rs 4,000 respectively. The JEE Main 2024 registration last date is November 30.
Applicants have also been provided with different login options to register for the JEE 2024 exam. The NTA has directed candidates to login or create an account in the following portal to register for JEE Main 2024.
- Digi locker account through the NAD portal.
- Academic Bank of Credits ID (ABC ID) through the ABC ID.
- Indian Indian passport number.
- Non-Indian passport number
- PAN card number.
- Aadhaar enrollment number.
It further informed that candidates who do not wish to register through the DigiLocker or ABC ID, will have to report one hour prior to the entry time at the examination centre on the day of the exam.
JEE Main 2024 application fees
Applicants can check the JEE Main 2024 fees for different categories in the table given below.
|
JEE Main 2024 paper |
Category |
Last year’s registration fee for outside India |
Revised registration fees for candidates outside India |
|
Paper 1: BE/B Tech or Paper 2A: BArch or Paper 2B: BPlanning |
General |
Male: Rs 5,000 Female: Rs 4,000 |
Male: Rs 5,000 Female: Rs 4,000 |
|
Gen-EWS/ OBC (NCL) |
Male: Rs 5,000 Female: Rs 4,000 |
Male: Rs 4,500 Female: Rs 4,000 |
|
|
SC/ST/PwD |
Rs 2,500 |
Rs 2,500 |
|
|
Third gender |
Rs 3,000 |
Rs 3,000 |
|
|
Paper 1: BE/BTech and Paper 2A: BArch or Paper 1: BE/BTech and Paper 2B: B Planning or Paper 1: BE/BTech, Paper 2A: BArch and Paper 2B: BPlanning or Paper 2A: BArch & Paper 2B: BPlanning |
General/GenEWS/OBC (NCL) |
Male: Rs 10,000 Female: Rs 8,000 |
Male: Rs 10,000 Female: Rs 8,000 |
|
SC/ST/PwD |
Rs 5,000 |
Rs 5,000 |
|
|
Third gender |
Rs 5,000 |
Rs 5,000 |
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