Annual receipt
2023 in exam paper leaks.
Computed from the register — no curation, no selection. Every incident below met the inclusion criteria and carries its documents.
12
leaks documented
~37.8 lakh
candidate appearances affected (where reported)
₹143 crore*
exam fees burned (*estimated)
7
FIRs registered
1
charge sheets filed
0
convictions
8
exams cancelled in full or part
0.9 / 7
average Accountability Gap Index
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The 12 cases
Bihar constable exam 2023: printing-press leak; cancelled in two days Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh · surfaced 1 Oct 2023 ~18.0 lakh candidates 357d idle Arrests made Gujarat junior clerk exam called off 4 hours before start Gujarat, Odisha · surfaced 29 Jan 2023 ~9.5 lakh candidates 1,229d idle Stalled Assam HSLC General Science paper cancelled night before exam Assam · surfaced 12 Mar 2023 ~4.0 lakh candidates 1,185d idle Stalled RPSC Revenue/Executive Officer 2023 — cancelled 17 months on Rajasthan · surfaced 14 May 2023 ~2.0 lakh candidates 594d idle Stalled UKPSC Patwari exam leak: commission section officer arrested Uttarakhand · surfaced 9 Jan 2023 ~1.4 lakh candidates 1,246d idle Stalled RSMSSB CHO 2023 — exam scrapped over leak complaints Rajasthan · surfaced 4 Dec 2023 ~1.0 lakh candidates 895d idle Alleged KEA recruitment exams 2023 — Bluetooth relay at Kalaburagi Karnataka · surfaced 1 Nov 2023 ~1.0 lakh candidates 714d idle Stalled MP NHM staff nurse exam — interstate leak ring Madhya Pradesh · surfaced 10 Feb 2023 ~50,000 candidates 1,190d idle Stalled Manipur HSLC 2023 — papers on WhatsApp before the sitting Manipur · surfaced 22 Mar 2023 ~38,000 candidates 1,175d idle Stalled OSSC JE exam leak: printing-press helper was the source Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar · surfaced 16 Jul 2023 1,050d idle Stalled Telangana SSC Hindi paper on WhatsApp minutes after start Telangana · surfaced 4 Apr 2023 1,163d idle Stalled TSPSC insider leak: confidential-section computers accessed; exams cancelled Telangana · surfaced 13 Mar 2023 1,098d idle Stalled