India, July 8 -- The successful conduct of the rescheduled NEET-2026 examination offered India a moment of relief after weeks of uncertainty triggered by a devastating paper leak. Yet the crisis, followed by the CBSE Class XII evaluation controversy and the tragic coaching centre fire in Lucknow, has exposed deeper structural flaws that extend far beyond administrative lapses.

India heaved a great sigh of relief in the evening of June 21 of 2026, as the media splashed reports of the successful conduct of the rescheduled NEET-2026 exam. Its earlier cancellation on account of the paper leak had cast a pall of widespread gloom not only on the young aspirants and their families but throughout the nation. It cast serious aspersions on our exa...