Budget Session: Bill to address cheating in public exams tabled in Lok Sabha

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday, February 5. The Bill is aimed at addressing cheating in various public examinations, including UPSC, SSC, Railways, NEET, JEE, and CUET. The Bill also proposes a high-level national technical committee on public examinations that will make recommendations to make the computerised examination process more secure.

The porposed Bill will not target students. It will act against organised gangs, mafia elements and those indulging in malpractices and it will not even spare government officials found in collusion with them.

The bill primarily aims to deter such nefarious elements. The objective of the bill is to bring in greater transparency, fairness and credibility to the public examination systems and to reassure the youth that their sincere and genuine efforts will be fairly rewarded and their future is safe.