Overview
- The National Testing Agency posted a clarification on X on Thursday night defending its Rs 200-per-question challenge fee and saying the amount is refunded when subject experts uphold an objection.
- The agency explained that a single valid challenge will lead experts to revise the provisional answer key and that the corrected key will be applied to all candidates who took the exam.
- Separately, the NTA has ordered re‑tests for UGC‑NET papers in English, Commerce and Sociology after a review committee found multiple errors in those papers.
- NTA said the fee exists to deter frivolous or unsupported objections while urging candidates who find genuine errors to use the online challenge window so one accurate objection can benefit lakhs of students.
- Student groups and media continue to press the agency for stronger safeguards, clearer accountability in paper preparation and transparency about whether the fee structure will be reviewed further.