Railways to implement Aadhaar-based facial recognition in exams
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The step aimed at enhancing exam integrity follows a successful pilot by
during the 2025 NEET-UG.
The system authenticates candidates through real-time facial matching at the time of registration and during the exam using Aadhaar e-KYC. Photographs captured at application, registration, and examination stages is matched for post-exam verification as well.
For smooth digital operations, the railways has deployed 500 high-capacity servers, replacing older infrastructure to eliminate download failures and glitches.
Also, over 7,000 exam centres now have jammers which have led to zero cheating cases in 2025, officials said.
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