New Delhi, May 13 -- The cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 has renewed scrutiny of the National Testing Agency's examination architecture - not just its question-setting process, but the full chain from paper preparation to printing to last-mile delivery, each of which has, at different points, been identified as a leak vector. Where exactly the 2026 breach occurred remains under investigation, but insiders and a member of the government-appointed reform panel point to a shift in vulnerability: from downstream to upstream.

How papers are set

The question-setting process at NTA is among its most fortified operations, people aware of the process said. Separate panels of senior faculty from universities across the country are physically brought...