NEET row: NTA tells parliamentary panel leak did not happen from its system

NEW DELHI: Weeks aft the monolithic NEET-UG 2026 controversy, a parliamentary lasting committee connected Thursday sought an update from National Testing Agency (NTA) manager wide Abhishek Singh connected the ongoing probe into the insubstantial leak, portion besides questioning officials connected steps being taken to forestall specified incidents successful the future.According to quality bureau ANI sources, the NTA main told the sheet that the leak did not instrumentality spot from their strategy and that CBI is conducting probe into the leak of questions that led to cancellation of the examination. The re-exam volition present beryllium held connected June 21.The NEET-UG introspection held connected May 4 was cancelled by the NTA pursuing the insubstantial leak.However, the BJP-led Centre and NTA person objected to the word "paper leak", being utilized wide for the failure.Education caput Vineet Joshi besides appeared earlier the committee meeting, wherever members raised concerns implicit the robustness of the NTA’s introspection process, particularly arsenic NEET-UG is acceptable to displacement to a computer-based format from adjacent year. Questions were asked connected the required infrastructure, exam frequency, duration and safeguards needed for 1 of India's largest entranceway tests.Speaking to ANI aft the meeting, Digvijaya Singh, president of the parliamentary lasting committee connected education, women, children, younker and sports, said, “the gathering went disconnected precise well” and that inputs were received from each members.

He added that each members are “very concerned” astir the issues discussed, including the NTA introspection process, but said helium “can't spell into details” astatine this stage. Asked astir the adjacent gathering oregon erstwhile findings would beryllium presented, Singh replied, “it depends” and added, “let's see”.Sources said committee members raised crisp questions implicit the NEET-UG insubstantial leak and demanded clarity connected measures being adopted to marque the NTA’s investigating mechanics foolproof.The sheet besides reviewed the implementation of the K Radhakrishnan Committee recommendations connected NTA reforms. Officials informed members that astir 75 per cent of the recommendations person already been implemented.The committee was besides told that the NTA is presently facing astir 25 per cent vacancies, and that steps are underway to fortify the organisation done caller appointments and structural improvements.Beyond introspection reforms, the gathering besides focused connected the increasing interaction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) connected the acquisition assemblage and strategies to amended pupil employability amid accelerated technological change.The sheet discussed 2 cardinal reports, the 379th Report connected Action Taken regarding the Demands for Grants 2025-26 of the ministry of women and kid development, and the 380th Report connected the functioning of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) nether the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 framework.According to sources, discussions besides covered the large achievements and challenges faced by Aligarh Muslim University and the nationalist committee for number acquisition Institutions, including issues related to fiscal constraints, preservation implementation, administrative vacancies and NEP rollout challenges.Political tensions person continued to emergence implicit NEET-UG 2026, which was cancelled connected May 12 pursuing allegations of a coordinated insubstantial leak. The exam, conducted connected May 3 crossed 551 cities successful India and 14 abroad, was taken by implicit 22 lakh candidates. The Union acquisition ministry has since ordered tighter information measures for the June 21 re-examination.