NEET-NET Row 2024 Updates: NEET PG likely in August; UG retest final answer key released

Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not mention any of the issues that people wanted to hear about in his radio programme Mann Ki Baat. Taking a jibe at the prime minister after he addressed the first episode of Mann ki Baat in his third term, Congress' media and publicity head Khera questioned why he did not mention NEET, the railway accident or the "infrastructure collapses".

Khera said even though this is Modi's third term, it is not on his own strength. "The government is walking on crutches. We thought he would say something sensible this time," Khera said. "He did not say anything on NEET, or railway accident, or the daily infrastructure collapses that we are hearing of," he said. "He did not speak on the serious incident that happened at the Delhi airport, in which a person lost his life," Khera said alleging the prime minister did not speak on any issue concerning the people.

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) today released the final answer key for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 retest which was held for 1563 candidates. The students who appeared for the retest can now check the final answer key at the official website — exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/.

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The CBI was conducting searches at seven location in Gujarat in the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said on Saturday.
They said the operation began in the morning at the premises of suspects spread across four districts -- Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad and Godhra. 

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Last year, the provisional answer key was released on June 29, after that a number of students complained that there were numerous errors. The NTA then re-released the CUET UG 2023 provisional answer key on July 3. A total of 333 questions were dropped from it. However, another set of answer keys was released on the second week of July in which 411 questions had been dropped. The CUET UG exams were held between May 21 and June 17. The CUET UG result, last year was announced on July 15.

In 2022, the provisional answer keys were released on September 8 and the final answer key was released on September 16. The exams were held between July 15 and August 30 in 20 days and 38 slots.

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A day after arresting two persons - Dr Ahsan Ulh-haq, principal of Oasis School and city coordinator of the NEET UG exam in Hazaribagh and the vice principal Imtiaz Alam, the CBI today has arrested a journalist, Jamaludin of Hindi Daily in connection with NEET UG paper leak.

The Joint CSIR UGC NET will conducted from July 25 to 27. The CSIR UGC NET, scheduled between June 25 and 27 was postponed “due to unavoidable circumstances as well as logistic issues”.

Unanimously passing a resolution against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on Friday, the Tamil Nadu Assembly urged the central government to scrap the test on a national level and approve the state’s NEET exemption Bill.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the new dates for the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) 2024 June session exam. The UGC NET June 2024 cycle exam will now be held between August 21 and September 4. The UGC NET June 2024 exam earlier held in pen and paper (offline) mode will now however be held as a computer-based test.

Congress President writes to the Rajya Sabha Chairman for an immediate discussion on the NEET and NET scandals and other paper leaks that have destroyed the future of lakhs of youth.

"That this House do suspend all listed businesses for the day to discuss the unprecedented instances of paper leaks, fraud and corruption in conduct of national-level exams including NEET-UG and UGC NET followed by cancellation of various exams and the total failure of National Testing Agency (NTA) in conducting exams in a fair and transparent manner…”

Congress President Shri @kharge writes to the Rajya Sabha Chairman for an immediate discussion on the NEET and NET scandals and other paper leaks that have destroyed the future of lakhs of youth.

"That this House do suspend all listed businesses for the day to discuss the… pic.twitter.com/Xr9yGMcEgq

— Congress (@INCIndia) June 28, 2024

"In pursuance of the Budget Announcement 2017-18 (Para 52) and subsequent approval of the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 10-11-2017, National Testing Agency (NTA) has been established as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions in the country. Accordingly, NTA has been registered as a Society under the Societies (Registration) Act, 1860 vide Registration No. S/ND/914/2018 dated 15-05-2018.

As per Government of India Order F.No.35-5/2017-TS.1 dated 05-09-2018, NTA was initially asked to conduct those examinations which were being conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

NTA conducts exams on the instructions of Government or appropriate authorities, for example CUET (UG) and CUET (PG) are conducted on behalf of the University Grants Commission.

NTA comes under the purview of RTI Act, 2005 as a Public Authority," NTA said in an official notice on X.

National Testing Agency (NTA) has been established as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization. pic.twitter.com/itHMQLFWCo

— National Testing Agency (@NTA_Exams) June 28, 2024

"When I raised the issue in the Parliament, I was not allowed to speak despite this affecting 2 crore students, 70 times in 7 years. It is clear that there is a systematic problem, huge corruption, and we cannot continue it. We must find a resolution to this issue. It is unfortunate that the Prime Minister, who should be leading the discussion, simply does not want a debate. We are ready for a debate and we don’t want to fight with the govt and just place our views on the table," Rahul Gandhi said.

There has been a disaster as far as NEET is concerned and everybody knows that the paper was leaked and people made thousands and crores of money.

The dreams and aspirations of all those students have been destroyed and ridiculed.

Hence, yesterday, at the Opposition meeting I… pic.twitter.com/iOeWFarzcm

— Congress (@INCIndia) June 28, 2024

The Congress member of Parliament Gaurav Gogoi today, June 28, has asked for leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the business of the House to discuss irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG).

Additionally, Shashi Tharoor, another MP of the Indian National Congress wrote a letter to the Ministry of Education (MoE) citing the plight of the students at this moment and requesting an urgency in the investigation of the alleged NEET UG paper leak.

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After the Opposition raised the matter of the alleged NEET-UG paper leak in the Lok Sabha on Friday and demanded a discussion on it, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the government was ready for a discussion on the matter, but as per the convention and decorum of the House. 

Accused of the NEET issue, Gujarat's Tushar Bhatt, Purshottam Sharma, Vibhor Anand and Arif Vora, were produced before the court in Godhra today, according to ANI.

Dr Abhijat Sheth, President, the National Board of Examinations (NBE), recently told The Indian Express that the new date for the NEET PG will be announced “hopefully before next weekend.”

The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said the government is ready for discussion on the medical entrance exam NEET but that should take place as per tradition and by maintaining decorum.
Interacting with reporters after the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day amid protests by the opposition demanding a discussion on the alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG, the minister appealed to them not to confuse the students "The government is ready for every kind of discussion, but everything should happen following norms and maintaining decorum. The President spoke about the exam in her speech yesterday and it shows the government's intention that we are ready to face any issue," Pradhan said outside Parliament.
He said the government's responsibility is towards the youth and students of the country.
"When the government is ready to put forth its side then what is the confusion? We are going to take the strictest action and the CBI is going to nab everyone (involved). We will not spare anyone," Pradhan said

"We are not going to spare anyone. Those in charge of NTA have been removed and the responsibility has been given to senior officials. All of this is proof of the government's commitment. I want to appeal to the opposition that they should not confuse the students," Pradhan said.
"A credible high-level committee has also been formed for reforms. Soon, the dates of all those exams (postponed or cancelled) will also be announced. I request the opposition to join the discussion," he added.

- PTI

The government-appointed high-level committee headed by former ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan has invited suggestions from the public for reforming the process in the conduct of examinations by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Stakeholders can share their suggestions, views, and ideas from June 27 to July 7 by visiting the official website —  innovateindia.mygov.in/examination-reforms-nta/.

My letter to Education Minister@dpradhanbjp on the NEET issue. A large @IYC protest in Delhi today was broken up by police lathi-charges and several students were badly beaten. The incident underscores the intensity of the feelings roused in young people about the range of… pic.twitter.com/8NHVlbsyK4

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 27, 2024

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Let's examine. Here are my views. Applies to all such high stakes large examinations.

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23 lakh students (growing at 10% every year), 13… pic.twitter.com/GwcbO94ITH

— V. Ramgopal Rao, Ph.D. (@ramgopal_rao) June 27, 2024

The committee formed under the chairmanship of Dr K Radhakrishnan, former Chairman of ISRO is seeking suggestions, views and ideas from stakeholders, particularly students and parents between June 27 and July 7.

A high-level committee chaired by Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Former Chairman of ISRO, was constituted on June 22, 2024.

Comprising members from government organizations, academia, and higher educational institutions, the committee aims to recommend reforms in the examination…

— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) June 28, 2024

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi gives an Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss alleged irregularities in NEET UG 2024. 

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a "respectful" and good discussion in Parliament on the issue of alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET exam as it concerns the country's youth and their future.
Addressing reporters in Parliament complex, Gandhi said the NEET issue should be discussed before the Motion of Thanks on the President's address is taken up.
The NEET issue is the most important issue of the day, and the opposition parties have agreed that it should be taken up for discussion before anything else, the Congress leader told reporters.
"The youth are worried and they do not know what is going to happen. A message and assurance should go to the youth from Parliament that India's government and the opposition are together in raising the concerns of students," he said.
Gandhi said the INDIA bloc thinks this is the most important matter.
"I request the prime minister that since this is an issue concerning the youth, there should be a good and respectful discussion on the issue concerning the youth," he said, urging them to join the discussion.
He said the opposition members will hold the discussion respectfully.
The former Congress chief said during their meeting on Thursday, all opposition floor leaders unanimously felt that there should be a discussion on the NEET issue in Parliament.
"I want to tell the students of the country that this is their issue and we all in the INDIA bloc feel that your issue is the most important as you are India's future" Gandhi said.

Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday 11 am as Opposition calls for disccusuion on NEET UG controversy

Lok Sabha proceedings have begun again, amid calls from Opposition on discussion about the NEET UG controversy

"NET and NEET are just the latest examples – the last ten years have seen rampant paper leaks and malfeasance around competitive exams across the country. At last count, 2.26 crore youth across the country have been impacted by these paper leaks. It’s reflective of the Modi Government’s incompetence, but also of its corruption. An Ahmedabad-based exam conducting company, implicated in several paper leaks including the infamous UP Police Constable Recruitment Exam that affected 48 lakh candidates, has been receiving repeated patronage from the Modi Government and BJP State Governments across the country. The UP and Bihar Governments have blacklisted the firm, but even as of October 2023, the Modi Government continued giving them contracts, to the tune of 80 crores," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.

"It is an issue of youth, we want that a message should go to the whole country from the Parliament. I appeal to the Prime Minister that there should be a debate in the Parliament on the issue of NEET so that a good message goes out," Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said in the Parliament today.

Under Rule 267, Rajya Sabha MPs can submit a written notice to suspend all listed business in the House Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X, "NET and NEET are just the latest examples. The last ten years have seen rampant paper leaks and malfeasance around competitive exams across the country".
At last count, 2.26 crore youth across the country have been impacted by these paper leaks, he said.
"It's reflective of the Modi Government's incompetence, but also of its corruption. An Ahmedabad-based exam conducting company, implicated in several paper leaks, including the infamous UP Police Constable Recruitment Exam that affected 48 lakh candidates, has been receiving repeated patronage from the Modi Government and BJP State Governments across the country," he alleged.
"The UP and Bihar Governments have blacklisted the firm, but even as of October 2023, the Modi Government continued giving them contracts, to the tune of 80 crores," Ramesh alleged in a post.
"Why? Because the firm's proprietor is an ideological and political supporter of the BJP," the Congress leader added.

The Congress is set to raise the issue of alleged irregularities in NEET exam in Parliament on Friday, with several of its members giving notices in both Houses to discuss the issue. Congress MPs Syed Naseer Hussain and Ranjeet Ranjan have given notices under Rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha, while Manickam Tagore has given an adjournment notice on the NEET issue in the Lok Sabha.

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#neet2024scam
Can NTA or Government differentiate between students who scored by unfair means and who by fair means??? Paper leak in mass affected children's ranks. Inspite of scoring high fairly not getting colleges. Government not taking action. We want fair exam. RE NEET

— Keerti A (@keerti_a09) June 28, 2024

Various student outfits under the banner "India against NTA" demanded scrapping of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

“We will raise a demand to hold a discussion on the NEET-paper leaks issue in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha through adjournment motions on Friday. Then, on Monday we will hold a protest outside the Parliament building against the misuse of CBI-ED and other central agencies for targeting Opposition leaders, and arresting elected representatives. These two things were the main takeaways from the meeting,” said a senior leader who was part of the meeting.

“The protest will also include the issue of arrest of chief ministers in Opposition-ruled states like Jharkhand and Delhi,” added the leader.

A CBI team investigating the NEET-UG malpractices case on Thursday recorded statements of three candidates who had allegedly paid an accused for helping them clear the medical entrance test held at a private school near Godhra in Gujarat.
Besides the three candidates and their parents, the investigators were also questioning Dixit Patel, owner of the local Jay Jalaram School, at the Godhra circuit house, an official said.
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has been camping in Gujarat for the last four days to probe alleged malpractice during the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test held on May 5.
The school run by Dixit Patel was one of the exam centres.
The team had on Wednesday visited two private schools in Gujarat's Kheda and Panchmahal districts as part of its probe. CBI officials first visited Jay Jalaram International School on Sevaliya-Balasinor highway in Kheda district, and later the Jay Jalaram School at Godhra in Panchmahal district.
Both the schools, located 100 km apart, are owned by Patel.

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The Congress's student and youth wings took to the streets in the national capital on Thursday over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams, with NSUI members forcefully entering the NTA headquarters and locking its office, and the IYC protesting at Jantar Mantar.

The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) has threatened to lock NTA offices across the country if their demand to ban the National Testing Agency (NTA) is not met.

Police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the protesters at Jantar Mantar where the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), Left-affiliated All India Students Association (AISA) and Delhi University's Krantikari Yuva Sangathan continued their indefinite sit-in for the second day on Thursday.

At the NTA headquarters at Okhla, NSUI members stormed into the agency's headquarters during a protest led by its national president Varun Choudhary.

The students' body staged a sit-in inside the NTA office for nearly an hour and left by the time senior police officers reached the spot.
Visuals from the scene showed NSUI members raising "shut down NTA" slogans inside the building of the agency. It also showed students locking the NTA office with an iron lock and chain.

"The NTA officials had locked the door from inside as students were protesting. Subsequently, the protesters also locked the door from outside with an iron chain and lock," a police officer said.

"No more Corrupt NTA. #NTA BAN," read a message pasted on the iron lock and chain.

- PTI

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) whether there is any time limit for raising grievances regarding the OMR sheets provided to the candidates who appeared in NEET UG 2024. This notice was issued by a vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti.

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On NEET paper leak, Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary says, "Action is going on this. We are bringing a law and the Government of India has also made a provision for a law, a provision has been made for 10 years of punishment and fine. We will also bring a law on this by the next session and by taking strict action and conducting speedy trial, we will work to punish the accused in 3-6 months."

Members of NSUI, Congress's students wing, barged inside the office of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is at the centre of NEET-UG row over allegations of alleged irregularities in the conduct of the exam. National Students Union of India (NSUI) members barged inside the testing agency's office here in Okhla, raising slogans of "shut down NTA".

There was no immediate reaction from officials of the NTA about the incident. Visuals from the scene shared by NSUI showed scores of its members raising slogans inside the building of the NTA.

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The CBI has made its first arrests in the NEET-UG paper leak case, taking into custody two persons from Patna, officials said Thursday. Manish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar allegedly provided safe premises to the aspirants before the examination where they were given leaked papers and answer keys, the officials said.

The CBI has registered six FIRs in the NEET paper leak case. The NEET-UG is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.

This year's examination was conducted on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 abroad. Over 23 lakh candidates appeared for the test.

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According to sources, about 30 students have been summoned for questioning and at least 15 of them are based in Gujarat. On Thursday, some of the Gujarat-based students including at least two locals arrived at the Circuit House in Godhra, where CBI officials recorded their statements.

The CBI team investigating alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) on Thursday began recording statements of students who took the exam at a Godhra school and had allegedly made advance payments to the accused in the case.

The CBI also submitted its FIR in a sealed envelope to the District Sessions Court in Panchmahal to initiate the legal proceedings for seeking the custody of the accused.

"Law was made last year, but it wasn't notified because of which we are seeing this (referring to NEET row) today. The question is why did the Education Minister first deny paper leak. Now, CBI enquiry has been ordered because truth is coming out from every state," says Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi to PTI on NEET row.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday took a swipe at the BJP-led Centre and ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra, calling the dispensations “leakage governments”, a reference to alleged irregularities in NEET and water seepage at Ayodhya Ram temple.

Addressing a press conference here, he also termed the monsoon session of the state legislature, which commenced on Thursday, as the “send-off” session of the government led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. He demanded that farm loans be waived before the assembly elections, scheduled later this year.

Earlier in the day, legislators belonging to the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising the Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) raised slogans against the government over the NEET exam on the premises of the legislature complex.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to apprise it whether there is any time limit for raising grievances regarding the OMR sheets provided to the candidates who appeared in NEET-UG 2024.

A vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti, which issued notice to the NTA on a fresh plea filed by a private coaching centre and few NEET candidates, tagged the petition with the pending matters and listed it for hearing on July 8.

Senior advocate R Basant, appearing for the coaching institute and the candidates, submitted that a few students, who have appeared for the examination, have not got the OMR sheets.

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) today denied allegations of carelessly handling students’ answer sheets for the Central University Entrance Test (CUET UG) 2024.

“These are empty boxes kept outside the hall at NTA and do not have any sensitive material inside them. Never did we keep these boxes in open, as being reported by the media. Also, we have sufficient number of security personnel deployed at the place where boxes are kept,” the agency today tweeted on ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter)

On NEET paper leak, Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary says, "Action is going on this. We are bringing a law and the Government of India has also made a provision for a law, a provision has been made for 10 years of punishment and fine. We will also bring a law on this by the next session and by taking strict action and conducting speedy trial, we will work to punish the accused in 3-6 months."

Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Thursday held a demonstration here at Jantar Mantar over the alleged rigging of the NEET UG exam and against the Agniveer Scheme. Several IYC workers gathered at the Jantar Mantar for the protest, raising slogans and carrying placards.

The NEET-UG examination was held on May 5 across 4,750 centres, and around 24 lakh candidates appeared. The results were expected to be declared on June 14 but were announced on June 4, saying the evaluation of the answer sheets was completed earlier.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has taken over the NEET-UG paper ‘leak’ case from Bihar’s Economic Offences Unit (EOU), Thursday arrested two people from Patna. The two had allegedly made arrangements for accommodation for NEET-UG examinees on May 4, a day before the exam – the same day they allegedly memorised the solved paper. Four examinees are among 13 accused in the case, besides five more arrests made later. 

The CBI arrested Manish Prakash from Patna for allegedly arranging accommodation on the request of one Ashutosh Kumar, who was also arrested later from the state capital.

Prakash’s wife Archana said, “The CBI called me around 1.30 pm to say that my husband has been arrested. He is a social worker who would often help people with making stay arrangements for students. I had heard someone asking him on the phone to make arrangements for four-five students. We had no idea about the enormity of trouble he has now landed in.”

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested two people in the NEET UG paper case. 

Around 20 students were detained at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Wednesday during a protest against the alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG, the nationwide entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission in medical programmes.

Student representatives from Bhagat Singh Chhatra Ekta Manch (BsCEM), All India Students Association (Aisa), Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, Disha, and the Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) gathered around 2 pm at Jantar Mantar for a protest-meeting.

The Madras High Court has today dismissed a plea seeking to reduce the application fee for the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), which is conducted by the Bar Council of India (BCI). The decision was announced by the bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice GR Swaminathan.

“Unlike in the case of enrolment fee, there is no statutory provision which prescribes any particular sum towards examination fee. A Writ of Mandamus can be issued only if the applicant can show the existence of a legal right. In this case, no such legal right has been shown,” the court said, as per LiveLaw. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the National Testing Agency (NTA) on the petition that claimed "inconsistent" calculation of marks on the OMR sheets used for the NEET-UG 2024 exam. A vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti issued a notice and sought the NTA's response by July 8, the date of the next hearing.
The petition filed by the learning app Xylem Learning also brought up the issue of the time limit for raising the grievance regarding the OMR sheets. "Let us know if there is a timeline to provide the OMR sheets. As of now, we will tag it. Let NTA seek instructions on this," said the bench.

(ANI)

The Indian Youth Congress on Thursday staged a protest in the national capital against the alleged NEET scam and continued paper leaks in various examinations.

The protest, which saw hundreds of IYC members gather in Delhi, was a response to the recent controversy surrounding the NEET-UG exam. Allegations of paper leaks and irregularities have led to significant unrest among students and parents.

Youth Congress Chief BV Srinivas said, "Thousands of IYC workers have come out on the streets of Delhi today, becoming the voice of students suffering from the atrocities of paper leak." The NEET-UG exam, held on May 5, 2024, has been mired in controversy, with allegations of cheating and impersonation. The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the exam, has faced severe criticism, leading to protests and legal actions. The Union Health Ministry has postponed the NEET-PG 2024 examination, with new dates to be announced soon.

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VIDEO | Indian Youth Congress workers hold protest over #NEET issue at Jantar Mantar, #Delhi.

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— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 27, 2024

#WATCH | NEET paper row | Hazaribagh, Jharkhand: CBI team takes Ahsanul Haque, the principal of Oasis School with them as part of their investigation. pic.twitter.com/TSFDXm1qQF

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2024

The National Testing Agency (NTA) website and all its other web portals are fully secure, and reports that these have been compromised and hacked are wrong and misleading, officials said on Sunday.

The clarification comes amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, including the NEET-UG and the UGC-NET. The education ministry on Saturday set up a panel to review the NTA’s functioning, recommend exam reforms and ensure data security.

In a petition filed by Xylem Learning Private Limited about NEET-UG 2024, the Supreme Court today has sought NTA's response on the time limit for raising the grievance regarding the OMR sheets. The petition, among others, raised concerns about the grant of OMR sheets to the students who appeared for the exam, reported Live Law. 

Amid NEET chants, President Droupadi Murmu today (June 27) addressed a joint sitting of both Houses where she spoke about the ‘paper leak’ case.

Addressing the 18th Lok Sabha for the first time, the President said her government is working to ensure that there are no reasons for any hindrance in competitive examinations or government recruitment exams.

“Whether it is competitive examinations or Government recruitment there should be no reason for any hindrance. This process requires complete transparency and probity. Regarding the recent instances of paper leak in some examinations, my Government is committed to a fair investigation and ensuring strict punishment to the culprits.

Rupa Yadav, the child bride from a small village in Rajasthan, hit the headlines after clearing NEET UG 2017. Yadav is now a full-time doctor, a mother of two children, and a NEET PG 2024 aspirant. She is doing all this while being commissioned as a medical officer at a primary health care centre at the Khariya village of Nagaur district.

NEET PG 2024 was postponed last week by the National Board of Examinations (NBE). The new dates are expected to be out soon. “I have been preparing tirelessly for the entrance exam. The night before the NEET exam, I woke up at 2 am to nurse my eight-month-old son and saw the news update flashing on my phone. I thought it was fake but then when everyone started sharing this, I realised the exam is not happening in the morning,” said Yadav.

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The government is fully committed to investigating the recent incidents of paper leaks and ensure that the guilty are punished, President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to a joint sitting of Parliament.

Addressing the 18th Lok Sabha for the first time, the president said her government is working to create an environment to enable youth of the country dream big and achieve them. As she mentioned steps taken by the government on the education front, some opposition members were heard shouting "NEET".

"If due to any reason there is obstruction in examinations it is not appropriate. Sanctity, transparency are a must in government recruitments and examinations," she said. "The government is committed to conduct fair investigation and ensure the most stringent punishment to those guilty in the recent incidents of paper leak," she said.

(PTI)

The Kerala Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the irregularities in the entrance exams, NEET and NET, conducted by the National Testing Agency and demanding that the Centre take urgent steps to address grievances of affected candidates.

Both the ruling LDF and the opposition Congress-led UDF were in agreement that the recently reported irregularities in the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams call into question the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) credibility and its competence to conduct such entrance tests.

They were also of the view that such incidents call into question the competence of the students or candidates who take these tests.