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NEXTGENINDIA PUBLIC-INTEREST DATA
India's Paper Leak
Timeline & Accountability Tracker
Explore documented examination paper-leak incidents from 2004–2026. Compare years, regions, exam bodies, actions and the Union government in office when each incident occurred.
Important: Government-in-power labels provide historical context only. They do not by themselves establish that a political party caused, directed or was legally responsible for an incident—especially where state boards or independent bodies conducted the exam.
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What the documented records show
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Union government contextChangeover: 26 May 2014
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Year-by-year incident timeline
Annual documented incidents; background labels identify the Union government in office.
Records by Union government period
Raw dataset counts, not normalized for years or reporting intensity.
Confirmation status
How incidents are classified in the source dataset.
Most represented states / areas
Locations with the largest number of documented records.
Conducting body type
Central, state, university and other exam bodies.
Actions reported after incidents
Common response categories extracted from the records.
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Methodology & limitations
This is a curated media-source dataset, not an official census of every leak. A higher count can reflect more incidents, better digital reporting, broader source collection, or all three. Counts should not be used alone to claim causation or compare party performance.
01Date-based context. Records before 26 May 2014 are labelled Congress-led UPA; records from that date onward are labelled BJP-led NDA.
02No automatic blame. The Union government label is context, while many incidents involve state agencies, universities or independent exam bodies.
03Missing values remain missing. Aspirants, arrests, convictions and deaths are summed only when the source data provides a number.
04Open verification. Every record keeps its original publication name and source link.
CREDITS & TRANSPARENCY
Built from public-interest reporting
Dataset curation
Compiled and structured for NextGenIndia's Paper Leaks tracker. Corrections and additional verified records are welcome.
Reporting credits
Credit belongs to the journalists, newsrooms, investigators, courts and public agencies whose reporting and records are linked in the explorer.
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