Unemployment, Paper Leaks & Skills

Parliament passes Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 imposing ₹1 Cr fine & 10-yr prison for paper leak mafia

NEET-UG & UP Police recruitment exam paper leaks trigger nationwide student protests & Supreme Court / CBI investigations

MSDE launches PMKVY 4.0 across 738 districts, integrating Industry 4.0, AI, robotics, and drone technology skilling

Widespread recruitment exam cancellations across UP (Police Constable), Bihar (67th BPSC), and Rajasthan (REET 2021)

Launch of Skill India Digital Hub & National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) with employer stipend support

NITI Aayog panel recommends replacing 5-year NSSO employment surveys with annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)

CMIE begins tracking monthly unemployment statistics for India; 2016 Demonetization impacts informal employment

Launch of Skill India Mission and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) under MSDE

Madhya Pradesh Vyapam Scam uncovered, exposing long-running organized crime nexus in state recruitment exams

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) passed guaranteeing 100 days of rural work

Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act passed by Parliament