India, June 3 -- The Centre on Tuesday set up a one-member inquiry committee, headed by retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer S Radha Chauhan, to examine alleged irregularities linked to the glitch-hit on-screen marking (OSM) system. The government also transferred Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta.

Notably, Prashant Lokhande was named the new CBSE chairman on Tuesday. Rahul Singh, meanwhile, has been posted as an additional secretary in the ministry of agriculture, according to a government order.

The developments come as the CBSE faces mounting pressure over reports of technical problems in its post-result portal and alleged discrepancies in the evaluation of Cl...