Explanation:

The Rajasthan state government has introduced a bill with strict provisions like up to 10 years in jail and Rs 10 crore fine to prevent cheating, paper leak and use of unfair means in competitive examinations.

Provisions of attachment and confiscation of properties have also been made in the bill introduced by the Higher Education Minister Rajendra Singh Yadav.

The Rajasthan Public Examination (Measures for prevention of unfair means in recruitment) Bill, 2022 aims to provide for effective measures to prevent and curb the leakage of question papers and use of unfair means in public examinations.

The bill covers all examinations for recruitment to any post under the state government including autonomous bodies, authorities, boards and corporations.

The state government had enacted the Rajasthan Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair means) Act, 1992 to curb irregularities and use of unfair means in public examinations.

As more than three decades have passed since the inception of the enactment, the issue has assumed dimension of organised crime and involves huge pecuniary advantages to nefarious persons.

Since the Act of 1992 is not serving the purpose of tackling this menace, the state government has decided to bring a new law to prevent use of unfair means in public examinations conducted for purpose of recruitment and to limit the scope of the Act of 1992 to public examinations conducted for the purpose of award degrees, certificates etc.