Overview
- The re‑examination was held on Sunday, June 21, at 5,440 centres in 551 Indian cities and 14 overseas locations with more than 22.79 lakh candidates expected to appear.
- The National Testing Agency deployed layered safeguards that included 95,000+ exam rooms on CCTV, 138,560 cameras with AI analysis, 51,311 signal jammers, Aadhaar biometric checks, face authentication and two invigilators per room.
- Secure logistics used sealed packets, GPS‑enabled vehicles, police and paramilitary escorts, Indian Air Force support for sensitive routes and verification of papers at custodian banks after a nationwide mock drill on June 20 tested the systems.
- Most centres ran smoothly but some candidates faced travel, waterlogging and entry problems with a few denied admission for late arrival while others received special medical or escort help; states offered free transport, cooling zones and water for families.
- The CBI probe into the May 3 leak continues with arrests and questions of subject experts reported, NTA has preserved surveillance records and officials say the retest outcome will be central to restoring public trust in paper‑setting and translation processes.