The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly has passed the Jharkhand Competitive Examination (Prevention and Redressal of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill 2023. Under this, there are provisions for strict action against the candidates who cheat in the examination, leak the question paper or any scheduled activities.
The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly passed the Jharkhand Competitive Examination (Prevention and Redressal of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill 2023. The Bill is an attempt to crack down on irregularities and use of unfair means in examinations and to prevent incidents of question paper leak,
as it seeks to provide for stringent punishment for students caught cheating during examinations, as well as for tampering with question papers or any other pertains to the nexus involved in leaking the
The Jharkhand Competitive Examinations (Prevention and Redressal of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill, 2023, will be an effective measure to curb the use of unfair means in competitive examinations and check question paper leaks in the state. The Bill proposes stringent punishment for cheating and paper leaks in competitive examinations conducted by the Jharkhand government.
Any candidate caught cheating or using any unfair means during a competitive examination will be punished with imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of Rs 5 lakh. The Bill proposes that non-payment of the fine will result in an additional imprisonment of 9 months.
On the passing of the Jharkhand Competitive Examination (Prevention and Redressal of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill, 2023, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren said that we want that students should not face the same crisis as before. This is the purpose of the government. We are looking for solutions to their problems.