In order to curb the irregularities and malpractices in all the competitive examinations for admission in educational institutions and recruitment in jobs, the Central Government has implemented the Anti Paper Leak Law i.e. Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024 from Friday, June 21.
Let us tell you that this law was passed in February 2024 itself.
The Modi government, surrounded by questions in the paper leak case, has now come into action mode. The central government has implemented a new law against the use of unfair means in the examination late last night. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has issued a notification regarding this. Let us tell you that the Parliament had passed this law in February this year.
what is the purpose of this law
The purpose of the Anti Paper Leak Law i.e. Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024 is to curb irregularities and malpractices in all competitive examinations for admission to educational institutions and recruitment to jobs. Under this law, there is a provision of maximum 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 1 crore for the offenders. In February, President Draupadi Murmu approved this Act. Now amid the controversy over NEET, UGC-NET examinations, the Central Government has issued a notification regarding this, stating that the provisions of the law will come into force from June 21.
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Which exams are covered under the law?
Every major and important examination conducted by public examination bodies has been brought under this law. This includes all computer-based examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) as well as other competitive examinations like UPSC, SSC, Railway Recruitment, Banking Recruitment. If any kind of rigging is found in these examinations, strict action will be taken against the guilty.
Why was there a sudden need to implement the law
Recently, there have been many cases of paper leaks one after the other in the country. The most serious case in this is believed to be that of NEET conducted for medical entrance. There is protest all over the country in the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak case. This exam was conducted in the month of May and its result came in June. As soon as the results came, allegations of rigging started coming in it.
In this year’s result, more than 60 students got the first rank, whereas till now only two to three students were able to get this rank. With this, questions started being raised on NTA. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan admitted that there was a scam in the exam. So far, many revelations have been made in this matter, but the mystery has not been solved yet.
