7 things official reports had flagged before this NEET-UG mess

Team TOI PlusTIMESOFINDIA.COM
May 14, 2026 | 21:40 IST
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NEET-UG was supposed to be fixed after the 2024 leak. Two official reports had already laid out where the system could break again

The last time the undergraduate medical entrance exam, NEET-UG, was hit by a paper leak, the education minister had promised "zero-error" exams and a "100% foolproof" system.

Less than two years later, the 2026 test has been cancelled over an alleged paper leak, after investigators found that a so-called “guess paper” may have matched large parts of the actual exam.
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