NEW DELHI: Central govt on Saturday removed NTA director general Subodh Kumar Singh from his post and put him on “compulsory wait” in DoPT amid recent irregularities in exams including Neet and UCG-NET.
Meanwhile, Pradeep Singh Kharola has been given additional charge of the post of Director General, National Testing Agency (NTA) by the ministry.

Earlier, today the ministry of education constituted a high-level committee of experts to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations amid the NEET and UGC-NET row.
“In order to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through National Testing Agency (NTA), department of higher education, ministry of education constituted a high-level committee of experts to make recommendations on Reform in mechanism of examination process improvement in data security protocols and structure and functioning of National Testing Agency,” said ministry.