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Modi Forms Task Force to Fix India's Exam System

Is this a decisive overhaul or just another committee masking accountability failures?

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Modi Forms Task Force to Fix India's Exam System

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Above: Narendra Modi addresses the media outside Parliament House in New Delhi, India, on July 20. Image credit: Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-government narrative

This task force brings serious firepower to fix India's broken exam system — Nilekani's track record proves technology can deliver airtight, transparent systems at scale. The panel covers every vulnerability, from cybersecurity to tamper-proof logistics, and strict new laws with fast-track courts are already moving through Parliament. This is a decisive, comprehensive overhaul.

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Government-critical narrative

Forming another high-powered committee while the 2024 Radhakrishnan Committee's 101 recommendations still sit unimplemented is not a plan. The NTA didn't even have a full-time director general for most of the two years between back-to-back paper leaks. Splashing big names like Nilekani on a new task force doesn't replace accountability — it's a pattern that just buries the failure under fresh headlines.

Sagarika Ghose on X The Hindu