📌 At a glance:
You spent 3 years in a coaching centre, 2 years watching “Study With Me” videos on YouTube, and one year just figuring out how to fill the exam form correctly. Only to find out later… the paper was leaked.
Welcome to the dark side of Indian sarkari jobs, where scams are more consistent than salary increments. From Bihar to Gujarat to Assam — paper leaks, bribes, and ghost candidates are the real syllabus.
🔥 Just Some Scams to Warm You Up
| Scam | Year | State | Exam/Dept | How It Got Messed Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bihar BPSC Leak | 2022 | Bihar | 67th Prelims | Paper leaked the night before — on Telegram! |
| Gujarat Head Clerk | 2021 | Gujarat | Class 3 | Exam paper leaked, arrests made, exam canceled |
| MP Vyapam | 2013–2017 | Madhya Pradesh | Medical + Govt Jobs | Fake candidates, impersonation, even dead people made the merit list |
| Assam SI Scam | 2020 | Assam | Police Sub-Inspector | Entire recruitment process scrapped after leak |
| UPSSSC PET Leak | 2022 | Uttar Pradesh | Preliminary | Leaked, delayed, re-leaked — UP didn’t disappoint |
🧠 Moral: If your preparation is strong, you might still fail — because someone else already bought the question paper for ₹20,000 and a Domino’s pizza.
💥 Types of Government Job Scams
- Paper Leak Racket
- Leaked on WhatsApp, Telegram, or handed out in “coaching centres”
- Usually sold for ₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh
- Includes answer keys and “full VIP sets”
- Dummy Candidate Game
- Someone else writes the paper using your admit card
- Especially common in Bihar, MP, and UP
- Bonus: They even match your signature
- Bribe-for-Posting
- “Selection guaranteed for ₹10 lakh” — the Indian version of Amazon Prime
- Police, teachers, railway clerks — everyone’s price is known
- Some posts are sold before the exam happens
- Software & Result Manipulation
- Merit lists edited post-exam
- Roll numbers of real toppers replaced with VIP roll numbers
- No, this is not a movie plot. It’s real life.
🧪 Case Study: The Vyapam Scam (The OG Thanos of Job Scams)
- What: Fake candidates, bribes, manipulation — across medical and job exams
- Who: Politicians, bureaucrats, middlemen, students
- Scale: 2,000+ arrests, 40+ deaths (some mysterious 👀)
- Impact: Shook public trust, but guess what? Vyapam still exists.
Quote from an aspirant:
“I didn’t make it. But someone with 11 fingers did.”
👀 Why Do These Scams Keep Happening?
Let’s break down the ugly reality:
| Reason | Why It Happens |
|---|---|
| Massive Unemployment | Too many aspirants, too few jobs |
| Lack of Transparency | No audit trail for who accessed paper or created merit lists |
| Political Nexus | Scamsters are often linked to local netas |
| Outdated Systems | OMR sheets and offline papers are easy to leak |
| Coaching Mafia | Many leaks originate from coaching centres themselves |
🏦 It’s Also a Business
- Selling one paper set = ₹10–30 lakh profit
- “Assurance” packages: Full coaching + leak access = ₹5 lakh flat
- Scamsters offer EMI options. Because why not?
It’s not just a scam. It’s a parallel industry.
🧠 Funniest Excuses Ever Given:
“The paper was not leaked. It was unintentionally circulated.”
“The candidates were just revising in the exam hall.”
“It’s a technical error. Roll number mismatch.”
“This is a political conspiracy against our honest officer who owns 12 flats.”
📉 What Does This Do to Honest Aspirants?
- Depression, anxiety, exam fatigue
- Aspirants stuck in a loop of preparing, waiting, reapplying
- Loss of trust in institutions
- Migration to private sector, or just dropping out of job race entirely
Some end up as YouTube tutors, teaching the same syllabus they never got to implement as officers.
🛡️ What’s Being Done?
✅ What Governments Say They’re Doing:
- Computer-based tests (CBT) with encryption
- CCTV and biometric verification
- AI-powered proctoring (but in Tier-3 cities, the AI freezes if the fan is too loud)
- Jail time and fines for offenders
❌ What’s Actually Happening:
- Delay in recruitment
- Mass cancellations without rescheduling
- Re-conducting of exams months later, without addressing the root cause
- Officials suspended… and quietly reinstated later
💬 EduInvesting Take:
“In India, you don’t need a Ph.D. to crack UPSC. You need divine luck, two backup plans, and a hacker friend.”
Scams in sarkari jobs aren’t just about leaked papers — they’re about leaked dreams. The credibility of exams is collapsing faster than a startup with no funding.
It’s not just corruption. It’s institutional sabotage.
And while the government keeps saying “strict action will be taken,” action is usually taken on the guy who leaked the news, not the one who leaked the paper.
🔚 Final Thought:
If India wants to become a true Viksit Bharat by 2047, it needs to first fix its exam system in 2025.
Because without honest recruitment:
- Law will be enforced by cheaters,
- Schools will be run by bribe-payers,
- Railways will be staffed by those who jumped the queue.
And our youth? They’ll be reduced to memes that say:
“I studied. He cheated. He became an officer.”
🗓️ Published: May 25, 2025
✍️ By: Prashant Marathe
Tags: Government Job Scams, India Exam Leak, Paper Leak 2025, Sarkari Naukri Scandal, Vyapam, Bihar, Gujarat Clerk Leak, UPSC scam, EduInvesting Satire
