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The National Testing Agency (NTA) and 10 officials, including its chief Pradeep Kumar Joshi, were also suspected of irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) conducted for medical admissions. After taking over the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation is also investigating the role of officials in various outsourcing companies related to the inspection process.
Sources said that apart from Joshi, Chief Technical Officer Amarnath Mishra and Senior Exam Director Sadna Parashar are also on the CBI’s radar. At the same time, Debrat, the officer who maintains the exam results and student data and informs the exam invigilators about the opening of the question sets, is responsible The security of the questions and answer sheets and the transportation of the questions from the strong rooms of the city and district banks to the examination centers are also monitored by the officers in charge.
CBI also collects information about officials of various outsourcing companies related to the examination process. NTA has changed major outsourcing companies in the recent past. Each time a question came up on the subject, but the matter was swept aside in talks about work. The IT company Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd. It will outsource the work from the National Informatics Center (NIC) in 2023. (basil). Questions were raised about this decision. It was reported that NTA gave the position to Basil on the recommendation of a senior officer.
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