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Exam Fraud in India Repeatedly Targets Vulnerable People Across States

Exam Fraud in India Repeatedly Targets Vulnerable People Across States
Exam fraud in India: It’s a shape-shifting monster that finds new ways to prey on the vulnerable · livemint.com

Exam fraud means cheating or tricking people during important tests.

The article says this problem keeps finding new ways to harm vulnerable people.

Several Indian states appear again and again in the recorded cases.

Madhya Pradesh had 13 incidents, Uttar Pradesh had 12, and Rajasthan had 11.

Together, these states made up about one-third of all cases in the dataset.

Madhya Pradesh’s Vyapam board is presented as a major example.

It was connected to 13 incidents from 2008 to 2023.

The scandal led to 52 convictions and was linked to 23 deaths.

The article says the board survived by being renamed rather than shut down.

Key facts

Madhya Pradesh incidents
13 incidents in the dataset
Uttar Pradesh incidents
12 incidents in the dataset
Rajasthan incidents
11 incidents in the dataset
Combined share
The three states account for about one-third of all cases in the dataset
Vyapam period
13 incidents between 2008 and 2023
Vyapam convictions
52 convictions
Deaths linked
23 deaths linked to the Vyapam scandal

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