NEET-UG And UGC-NET Updates

The UGC-NET 2024 has been canceled by the Union Education Ministry due to concerns about potential compromises to the paper's integrity

All of this is happening in the middle of the national outcry over the ongoing controversy around the NEET-UG 2024 exam

President Droupadi Murmu passed the Prevention of Unfair Means Bill amid reports of alleged test irregularities

Prevention of Unfair Means Act 2024, aims to bring down instances of paper leaks, malpractices in examinations

Punishments under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 are as follows

Penalties for unfair practices include a fine of up to ₹10 lakh and three to five years in jail

Anyone found guilty of such an organized crime faces a minimum fine of ₹1 crore along with a five to ten year prison sentence

The law gives authorities the authority to seize and forfeit the assets of organizations engaged in organized crime

Paper leaks have been more common in recent years, thus it is now necessary to create legislation to prevent them