New Delhi, July 24 -- As part of efforts to plug loopholes and rule out any paper leaks in the future, the National Testing Agency has terminated 47 officials from their service, sources said on Friday and added that legal and criminal actions will also be taken against some of these officials.

The sources said that the steps are part of a complete overhaul of NTA that has been in controversy over paper leaks.

This is the sixth big decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has said that those who try to harm the future of our youth will not be spared, the sources said.

NTA holds the NEET-UG exam for which a retest was done in June this year after leakage of paper led to cancellation of the test done in May this year.

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