How to Check That INI-CET Information Is Official

Why it matters

Around every exam and counselling round, information spreads quickly: messages, screenshots, videos and summaries. Most are made in good faith, but they can be out of date, incomplete or simply wrong. A date copied from last session, a rule paraphrased too loosely or a notice that was later corrected can cost you a deadline or a seat.

The rule is simple: the official notice decides. Everything else, including this website, should point you to it.

Where official information is published

INI-CET notices are published by the conducting body on its official website: the Official AIIMS examinations website. Institutes publish information about themselves, such as fee schedules or reporting instructions, on their own websites.

Bookmark the official website rather than reaching it through a search result or a link in a message. That way you always start from the real address.

A six-step checklist for any notice

1. Find it on the official website yourself. If someone sends you a PDF or screenshot, locate the same notice on the publishing authority's site before relying on it.
2. Check the address bar. Look-alike addresses add words, hyphens or extra endings to a real name. The document should be on the authority's own domain, not on a file-sharing or news site.
3. Read the date and reference number printed on the notice. Make sure it belongs to your session and, for counselling, to the right round.
4. Look for later notices. A corrigendum or addendum can change a date or rule. Check the notices published after the one you are reading.
5. Read the whole document. Conditions often sit in footnotes, annexures or the last page.
6. Keep a copy. Save the PDF and note the date you downloaded it. If a notice is replaced later, you can see what changed.

When two documents disagree

If a summary, a coaching website or this site differs from an official notice, follow the official notice. If two official notices differ, a later notice that explicitly amends an earlier one takes precedence; read both, because a corrigendum usually changes only part of the original.

How this site shows what is official

Every figure on INI-CET.com links to the document it was taken from, with the date it was last checked. A few labels do the rest:

• Official source appears only when the publisher is registered as an official authority and the document is hosted on that authority's own website. The list of documents is public in the source registry.
• Official Updates lists only notices that meet that rule. News reports are never listed there.
• On Important Dates, a date is Official only when an official notice confirms it. Tentative dates and predictions are labelled Expected / unconfirmed.

The full list of labels is explained in what the labels on INI-CET.com mean.