Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Maharashtra Forms Panel to Overhaul Government Recruitment Exams
Maharashtra is changing how it conducts exams for government jobs.
The state created a committee with seven members to study the current system.
The committee will look for ways to make exams safer and more transparent.
This happened after controversies involving question paper leaks.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had called for a full review at a meeting on August 12.
The committee was formally created through an order issued on September 4.
Speaker Rahul Narwekar said the changes would help students and society.
Deputy Chairman Sachin Ahir said clearer rules would make it easier to decide who is responsible when problems occur.
Maharashtra constituted a seven-member committee to comprehensively review its government recruitment examination system.
The panel will focus on improving transparency, security and public confidence in recruitment examinations.
The decision follows a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on August 12.
The General Administration Department issued the committee’s Government Resolution on September 4.
Leaders Rahul Narwekar and Sachin Ahir said the panel would clarify accountability and help prevent blame-shifting over exam-related failures.
- Who
- The Maharashtra government, led in this process by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, formed a committee chaired by V. Radha; Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar and Legislative Council Deputy Chairman Sachin Ahir supported the decision.
- What
- A seven-member high-level panel will review and overhaul Maharashtra’s government recruitment examination system.
- When
- The review was sought at a meeting on August 12, and the committee was constituted through a Government Resolution issued on September 4.
- Where
- Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- The panel was formed amid controversies over question paper leaks and concerns about transparency, security, public confidence and unclear accountability in recruitment examinations.
- Committee size
- Seven members
- Committee chair
- V. Radha, Additional Chief Secretary (Services), General Administration Department
- Main objectives
- Improve transparency, security and public confidence in recruitment examinations
- Trigger for review
- Controversies involving question paper leaks in several government recruitment examinations
- Review meeting
- A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on August 12
- Formal constitution
- The General Administration Department issued the Government Resolution on September 4
- Accountability goal
- Establish clear decisions and criteria so responsibility can be fixed regardless of an official’s post