Parcha पर्चा

Every claim has a document. Every document has a date. Nothing is ever deleted.

An accountability database · India · 2012–present

When an exam paper leaks, the story ends in a week.
The case doesn't.

Parcha (पर्चा — “the paper”) tracks every documented question-paper leak in Indian public examinations, and then keeps watching: the FIR, the arrests, the charge sheet, the trial, the verdict that almost never comes. Every row is anchored to a dated document. Nothing is ever deleted — corrections are appended.

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0.97 / 7

scored how? →

national average Accountability Gap Index — of 7 milestones a leak case should reach, the average case reaches 0.97

80

documented incidents on record

4.0 crore+

candidate appearances affected (where reported)

60

cases stalled — no docket movement in 18+ months

2

cases in this register have ended in conviction

Counts as of 11 Jun 2026 · figures recompute on every build

Fees burned, top 5 NTA 2024 ₹409 crore* UPPRPB 2024 ₹192 crore* TSPSC 2023 ₹111 crore* NTA 2024 ₹104 crore* BSER 2021 ₹89.4 crore* *estimated · methodology →

The stall is the story

A case is marked STALLED when its docket — FIRs, arrests, charge sheets, hearings — hasn't moved in 548 days. These clocks are running right now:

5,050d

since last docket movement

TNPSC Group II exam cancelled after Erode leak

Tamil Nadu · surfaced 12 Aug 2012

4,010d

since last docket movement

AIPMT 2015: answer keys beamed to Bluetooth devices; SC scrapped the exam

Haryana, Pan-India · surfaced 3 May 2015

3,714d

since last docket movement

Karnataka II PUC Chemistry 2016 — leaked twice in ten days

Karnataka · surfaced 21 Mar 2016

3,312d

since last docket movement

Punjab 2015-16: one printing-press module leaked a dozen exams

Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar · surfaced 16 Oct 2016

What happens after a leak

Of 80 incidents on record…

FIR registered 58 / 80
Arrests made 67 / 80
Charge sheet filed 15 / 80
Reached a verdict 2 / 80

Exams get cancelled within days (52 of 80 here were cancelled in full or part) — the cost lands on candidates immediately. Accountability for the leak itself almost never arrives: one terminal conviction, nine years after the exam.

Where the record points

Incidents on record by state, 2012–2026. Click a state to open its cases.

Mizoram: 0 incidents on record Goa: 0 incidents on record Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: 0 incidents on record Puducherry: 0 incidents on record Lakshadweep: 0 incidents on record Arunachal Pradesh: 0 incidents on record Nagaland: 0 incidents on record Meghalaya: 0 incidents on record Tripura: 0 incidents on record Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 0 incidents on record Sikkim: 0 incidents on record Ladakh: 0 incidents on record Chandigarh: 0 incidents on record Tamil Nadu: 1 incident on record · charge sheets in 0/1 Chhattisgarh: 1 incident on record · charge sheets in 1/1 Andhra Pradesh: 1 incident on record · charge sheets in 0/1 Kerala: 1 incident on record · charge sheets in 1/1 Manipur: 1 incident on record · charge sheets in 0/1 Punjab: 1 incident on record · charge sheets in 0/1 Assam: 2 incidents on record · charge sheets in 0/2 Jammu & Kashmir: 2 incidents on record · charge sheets in 2/2 Himachal Pradesh: 2 incidents on record · charge sheets in 1/2 Odisha: 3 incidents on record · charge sheets in 0/3 Telangana: 3 incidents on record · charge sheets in 1/3 Uttarakhand: 3 incidents on record · charge sheets in 0/3 Karnataka: 4 incidents on record · charge sheets in 1/4 West Bengal: 4 incidents on record · charge sheets in 0/4 Madhya Pradesh: 5 incidents on record · charge sheets in 2/5 Maharashtra: 5 incidents on record · charge sheets in 2/5 Gujarat: 5 incidents on record · charge sheets in 1/5 Delhi: 6 incidents on record · charge sheets in 1/6 Jharkhand: 7 incidents on record · charge sheets in 2/7 Haryana: 8 incidents on record · charge sheets in 1/8 Uttar Pradesh: 11 incidents on record · charge sheets in 0/11 Bihar: 11 incidents on record · charge sheets in 2/11 Rajasthan: 13 incidents on record · charge sheets in 1/13
Incidents on record, by state
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Click a state to filter the register. Counts include multi-state incidents once per affected state.

Who answered for it

Beyond candidates and middlemen, the record reaches into the institutions themselves — commission secretaries, board chairmen, a recruitment ADGP, a former state minister. Recorded at position level; named only behind the naming gate.

28

arrests of officials & insiders at the conducting bodies

25 / 72

conducting bodies whose first response was denial, deflection or silence

What happened to the exam

The remedy candidates actually received, across 80 incidents.

Cancelled / re-held 46
Partial cancellation 16
Proceeded on the leaked paper 2
No remedy recorded 16

The human cost

Across the cases in this register, 35 deaths have been reported in connection with leak episodes — aspirants who died by suicide after cancellations, and the reported unnatural deaths around the Vyapam cluster. Each is recorded on its case file, as reported, with its source.

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Fifteen years, one pattern

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The register

confidence: A primary documents on file · B court/official record cited · C press record, primary documents pending

Every incident links to a case file with its full docket: legal actions, sources with archive links, re-exam orders, and a status log of every change this register has ever made. Individuals are named only when a tier-1 court or official document names them — only 6 people appear in this entire register.

80 / 80 incidents
SurfacedIncidentState(s)CandidatesWhere it leakedStatus todayStall clock
4 May 2026NEET-UG 2026 'guess paper' leak and nationwide cancellation
NTAC
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Pan-India~22.7 lakhCoaching nexusArrests made27d
12 Apr 2026JSSC Excise Constable (JECCE-2023) — 164 held on exam day
JSSCB
Jharkhand~3.0 lakhSolver networkArrests made60d
19 Jan 2026Rajasthan JEn 2020 retest (Sept 2021) found compromised
RSMSSBC
Rajasthan—Vector unestablishedArrests made133d
30 Sept 2025Odisha Police SI 2025 — buses to a leak hub intercepted
OPRBB
Odisha~1.0 lakhCoaching nexusArrests made237d
20 May 2025MP Police Constable 2023 — Aadhaar-manipulated impersonation
MPESBC
Madhya Pradesh~7.0 lakhSolver networkArrests made375d
20 Feb 2025JAC Class X 2025 — matric papers leaked from Giridih
JACB
Jharkhand~4.3 lakhExam centreArrests made471d
13 Dec 2024BPSC 70th CCE prelims: leak alleged at Patna centre; one-centre re-test
BPSCC
Bihar—Exam centreFIR registered542d
15 Jul 2024CGPSC 2021 scam: CBI alleges prior access to papers for connected candidates
CGPSCC
Chhattisgarh—Coaching nexusCharge sheet filed160d
19 Jun 2024UGC-NET June 2024: cancelled on darknet alert; CBI found no leak
NTAC
Pan-India~9.1 lakhVector unestablishedClosure reportclosed
5 May 2024NEET-UG 2024 paper theft (Hazaribagh–Patna)
NTAA
Bihar, Jharkhand, Gujarat~24.1 lakhStrongroom / custodyCharge sheet filed412d
15 Mar 2024BPSC TRE-3.0 leak: papers reached gangs before exam; both shifts cancelled
BPSCA
Bihar, Jharkhand—In transitStalled813d
9 Mar 2024Rajasthan HC Junior Assistant paper leak (Dausa FIR)
RAJ-HCB
Rajasthan—Solver networkStalled824d
4 Mar 2024Rajasthan SI 2021: topper among trainee SIs held; HC scrapped the exam
RPSCB
Rajasthan—Exam centreArrests made68d
18 Feb 2024UP Police constable exam leak: 48 lakh candidates, exam scrapped
UPPRPBC
Uttar Pradesh~48.0 lakhIn transitStalled837d
12 Feb 2024UPPSC RO/ARO 2024 prelims cancelled over leak
UPPSCC
Uttar Pradesh~10.8 lakhVector unestablishedStalled829d
28 Jan 2024JSSC CGL 2024: third-shift GK paper leaked; shift cancelled
JSSCC
Jharkhand—Vector unestablishedAlleged865d
4 Dec 2023RSMSSB CHO 2023 — exam scrapped over leak complaints
RSMSSBB
Rajasthan~1.0 lakhSolver networkAlleged895d
1 Nov 2023KEA recruitment exams 2023 — Bluetooth relay at Kalaburagi
KEAB
Karnataka~1.0 lakhExam centreStalled714d
1 Oct 2023Bihar constable exam 2023: printing-press leak; cancelled in two days
CSBCC
Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh~18.0 lakhPrinting pressArrests made357d
16 Jul 2023OSSC JE exam leak: printing-press helper was the source
OSSCC
Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar—Printing pressStalled1,050d
14 May 2023RPSC Revenue/Executive Officer 2023 — cancelled 17 months on
RPSCB
Rajasthan~2.0 lakhVector unestablishedStalled594d
4 Apr 2023Telangana SSC Hindi paper on WhatsApp minutes after start
DGE-TSC
Telangana—Exam centreStalled1,163d
22 Mar 2023Manipur HSLC 2023 — papers on WhatsApp before the sitting
BOSEMC
Manipur~38,000Exam centreStalled1,175d
13 Mar 2023TSPSC insider leak: confidential-section computers accessed; exams cancelled
TSPSCC
Telangana—Insider (digital)Stalled1,098d
12 Mar 2023Assam HSLC General Science paper cancelled night before exam
SEBAC
Assam~4.0 lakhExam centreStalled1,185d
10 Feb 2023MP NHM staff nurse exam — interstate leak ring
NHM-MPB
Madhya Pradesh~50,000Insider (digital)Stalled1,190d
29 Jan 2023Gujarat junior clerk exam called off 4 hours before start
GPSSBC
Gujarat, Odisha~9.5 lakhPrinting pressStalled1,229d
9 Jan 2023UKPSC Patwari exam leak: commission section officer arrested
UKPSCC
Uttarakhand~1.4 lakhInsider (digital)Stalled1,246d
24 Dec 2022BSSC CGL-3: first-shift paper photographed and circulated; shift cancelled
BSSCC
Bihar~9.0 lakhExam centreStalled1,253d
24 Dec 2022RPSC senior teacher exam: 40+ caught solving leaked paper in a moving bus
RPSCC
Rajasthan~4.0 lakhCoaching nexusStalled1,265d
23 Dec 2022HP JOA-IT leak: commission itself dissolved after vigilance probe
HPSSCC
Himachal Pradesh—Insider (digital)Stalled1,206d
13 Nov 2022Rajasthan Forest Guard 2022 — one shift cancelled
RSMSSBB
Rajasthan~2.2 lakhExam centreStalled1,307d
8 Oct 2022UKSSSC VPDO 2016 — ex-chairman arrested six years on
UKSSSCB
Uttarakhand~90,000Insider (digital)Stalled1,342d
31 Jul 2022UP Lekhpal 2022 — solver gangs on exam day
UPSSSCB
Uttar Pradesh~8.0 lakhSolver networkStalled1,411d
22 Jul 2022UKSSSC graduate exam leak: Uttarakhand's largest recruitment scandal
UKSSSCC
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh~1.6 lakhPrinting pressArrests made141d
8 Jul 2022JKSSB Finance Accounts Assistant 2022 — list scrapped, CBI charge sheet
JKSSBB
Jammu & Kashmir~80,000Insider (digital)Stalled717d
21 Jun 2022WB Primary TET 2014 — OMRs destroyed, board president arrested
WBBPEB
West Bengal~20.0 lakhInsider (digital)Stalled706d
10 Jun 2022JKSSB SI exam: selection list scrapped; CBI chargesheeted 33
JKSSBC
Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana~97,000Vector unestablishedStalled700d
15 May 2022Rajasthan constable exam: one shift cancelled after centre leak
RAJPOLC
Rajasthan~2.5 lakhExam centreStalled1,486d
8 May 2022BPSC 67th prelims cancelled within hours: paper on Telegram before exam
BPSCC
Bihar~6.0 lakhExam centreStalled1,492d
5 May 2022HP Police Constable 2022 — 1,700-post exam cancelled
HP-POLB
Himachal Pradesh~75,000Coaching nexusStalled1,497d
27 Apr 2022AP SSC 2022 — Composite Telugu paper on WhatsApp
DGE-APB
Andhra Pradesh~6.2 lakhExam centreStalled1,503d
9 Apr 2022Karnataka PSI scam: ADGP heading recruitment arrested
KSP-RCC
Karnataka~54,287Exam centreStalled990d
30 Mar 2022UP Board English paper leak: exam cancelled in 24 districts; DIOS arrested
UPMSPC
Uttar Pradesh—Strongroom / custodyStalled1,533d
16 Dec 2021Maharashtra TET 2019-20 — exam council head arrested
MSCEB
Maharashtra~3.4 lakhInsider (digital)Stalled1,549d
13 Dec 2021Gujarat head clerk exam scrapped: paper sold for Rs 6-12 lakh
GSSSBC
Gujarat~88,000Printing pressStalled1,633d
11 Dec 2021MHADA exam scrapped: vendor's director arrested with the paper
MHADAC
Maharashtra—Insider (digital)Stalled1,561d
28 Nov 2021UPTET 2021 cancelled on exam morning; exam authority secretary arrested
ERA-UPC
Uttar Pradesh~20.0 lakhPrinting pressStalled1,653d
22 Nov 2021WBSSC 1st SLST 2016 — OMR tampering, minister arrested
WBSSCB
West Bengal~22.0 lakhInsider (digital)Stalled1,052d
17 Nov 2021HPSC dental surgeon exam — deputy secretary held with Rs 2.24 crore
HPSCB
Haryana~1,000Insider (digital)Stalled1,665d
31 Oct 2021Maharashtra health dept exams 2021 — 3,816-page charge sheet
MH-HLTB
Maharashtra~4.0 lakhPrinting pressStalled1,568d
26 Sept 2021REET 2021: paper stolen from Jaipur's Shiksha Sankul; Level-II scrapped
BSERC
Rajasthan~16.0 lakhStrongroom / custodyStalled1,435d
13 Sept 2021NEET-UG 2021: Jaipur centre invigilator sent paper out mid-exam
NTAC
Rajasthan—Exam centreStalled1,732d
2 Sept 2021JEE Main 2021: remote-access solving racket at a chosen centre
NTAC
Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh—Insider (digital)Stalled1,742d
7 Aug 2021Haryana constable exam cancelled on day one; Kaithal coaching module busted
HSSCC
Haryana—Coaching nexusStalled1,767d
28 Feb 2021Army CEE leak (Secunderabad): officers booked; exam postponed
AROC
Telangana, Maharashtra, Pan-India—Printing pressStalled806d
19 Feb 2021BSEB Matric 2021 — social science shift cancelled for 8.46 lakh
BSEBB
Bihar~8.5 lakhExam centreStalled1,937d
24 Jan 2021KPSC FDA 2021 — exam deferred, Rs 24 lakh seized
KAPSCB
Karnataka~2.8 lakhCoaching nexusStalled1,964d
11 Jan 2021Haryana Gram Sachiv exam nullified after answer-key racket bust
HSSCC
Haryana~8.0 lakhExam centreStalled1,971d
8 Dec 2020Rajasthan JEn 2020 leak: exam scrapped; gang leader held in 2024
RSMSSBC
Rajasthan—Exam centreStalled833d
20 Sept 2020Assam SI exam halted mid-way; retired DIG among 37 arrested
SLPRBC
Assam~66,000Insider (digital)Stalled2,071d
28 Jan 2020Bihar STET 2019 — cancelled after probe confirmed leak
BSEBC
Bihar~2.5 lakhVector unestablishedAlleged2,217d
29 Dec 2019RSMSSB Librarian Gr-III 2019 — WhatsApp leak, exam scrapped
RSMSSBB
Rajasthan~55,000Vector unestablishedStalled2,353d
17 Nov 2019Gujarat Bin Sachivalay clerk exam cancelled on SIT finding of leak
GSEB-RC
Gujarat—Vector unestablishedAlleged2,369d
1 Sept 2019UPSSSC VDO 2018 — exam scrapped 29 months later
UPSSSCB
Uttar Pradesh~9.0 lakhInsider (digital)Alleged1,905d
15 Jul 2019Kerala PSC CPO exam fraud: student leaders and a police officer chargesheeted
KPSCC
Kerala—Exam centreStalled1,163d
2 Dec 2018Gujarat Lokrakshak exam called off hours before start
LRBC
Gujarat~8.8 lakhVector unestablishedStalled2,741d
2 Sept 2018UPSSSC tubewell operator exam leak (Meerut, 2018)
UPSSSCB
Uttar Pradesh~2.0 lakhCoaching nexusStalled2,838d
28 Mar 2018CBSE Class 10 Mathematics 2018 leak — re-exam waived
CBSEC
Delhi, Pan-India~16.0 lakhExam centreStalled2,997d
28 Mar 2018CBSE 2018 leaks: nationwide Economics re-exam for lakhs of students
CBSEC
Delhi, Haryana, Pan-India—Exam centreStalled2,993d
21 Feb 2018SSC CGL 2017 leak: SC called the system 'tainted'; CBI booked vendor staff
SSCC
Delhi, Pan-India~30.0 lakhInsider (digital)Stalled2,564d
15 Nov 2017DSSSB MCD primary teacher exam — leak by three modules
DSSSBB
Delhi~1.0 lakhSolver networkStalled3,069d
8 Feb 2017BSSC inter-level leak: commission chairman, an IAS officer, arrested
BSSCC
Bihar, Jharkhand—Insider (digital)Stalled2,074d
16 Oct 2016Punjab 2015-16: one printing-press module leaked a dozen exams
PB-RECC
Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar—Printing pressStalled3,312d
21 Mar 2016Karnataka II PUC Chemistry 2016 — leaked twice in ten days
DPUEB
Karnataka~5.8 lakhInsider (digital)Stalled3,714d
3 May 2015AIPMT 2015: answer keys beamed to Bluetooth devices; SC scrapped the exam
CBSEB
Haryana, Pan-India~6.3 lakhSolver networkStalled4,010d
16 Jul 2013Vyapam: contract teacher recruitment 2012 — the minister's case
MPPEBC
Madhya Pradesh—Insider (digital)Stalled1,864d
7 Jul 2013Vyapam (terminal case): five convicted for 2013 constable test impersonation
MPPEBA
Madhya Pradesh—Solver networkConvictedclosed
7 Jul 2013Vyapam: PMT 2013 impersonation and paper network (the case that opened the files)
MPPEBC
Madhya Pradesh~40,000Solver networkConvictedclosed
12 Aug 2012TNPSC Group II exam cancelled after Erode leak
TNPSCC
Tamil Nadu—Vector unestablishedStalled5,050d