India, July 28 -- The Lok Sabha on Tuesday began debate on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, days after student and youth protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party over the NEET-UG paper leak ended with the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

The bill is among the reforms promised by the government to make punishments related to examination paper leaks more stringent.

The bill, introduced in the House on Monday, amends the two-year-old law on examination malpractices to raise prison terms, hike fines, and place time limits on both investigations and trials.

Union minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh, moving the bill for consideration, called it ...