The Centre recently introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to check malpractices in government recruitment exams such as paper leaks and fake websites, with strict penalties including a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine up to Rs 1 crore.
• The creation of fake website to cheat or for monetary gain. • Conduct of fake examination, issuance of fake admit cards or offer letters to cheat or for monetary gain. • Manipulation in seating arrangements, allocation of dates and shifts for the candidates to facilitate adopting unfair means in examinations. • Threatening the life, liberty or wrongfully restraining persons associated with the public examination authority or the service provider or any authorised agency of the government; or obstructing the conduct of a public examination.
• A minimum of three to five years of imprisonment to curb cheating. • Those involved in organised crimes of cheating will face five to 10 years of imprisonment and a minimum fine of Rs 1 crore.