{"id":81,"date":"2026-07-28T06:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news4earth.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:43:35","slug":"new-anti-paper-leak-law-tabled-in-parliament-amid-widespread-student-agitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news4earth.com\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"New Anti-Paper Leak Law Tabled in Parliament Amid Widespread Student Agitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-86\">Details:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-86\"> Following weeks of intense nationwide protests led by student organizations over NEET exam discrepancies\u2014which ultimately led to the resignation of former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan\u2014the Government of India introduced the <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"241\"><span class=\"citation-86\">Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-86 citation-end-86\"> in the Lok Sabha.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-85 citation-end-85\">Newly appointed Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi, along with Minister Jitendra Singh, pushed forward the stringent legislation.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-84 citation-end-84\">The proposed law introduces strict penal provisions, including mandatory prison terms of at least five years and heavy fines up to \u20b950 lakh for individuals and groups involved in leaking examination papers or rigging recruitment tests.<\/span> Meanwhile, state governments in Bihar and Assam have initiated steps to withdraw police cases against peaceful student demonstrators following assurances from the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details: Following weeks of intense nationwide protests led by student organizations over NEET exam discrepancies\u2014which ultimately led to the resignation of former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan\u2014the Government of India introduced the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha. 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