The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is enforcing stricter anti-fraud protocols, which encompass mandatory facial recognition and the widespread deployment of mobile jammers at all examination centres across India.

An official announcement emphasized that this important initiative seeks to maintain integrity and guarantee fairness by aiming for a record of “zero cheating cases” for the RRB exams scheduled in June 2025.

This objective will be achieved through an advanced Aadhar e-KYC-based photo validation system, facilitating real-time facial matching during the registration process on the day of the exam.

Images obtained directly from the candidate’s Aadhar e-KYC will be compared with the photographs taken during the initial application submission and again at the exam centre registration by the appropriate authorities.

This multi-layered verification process is designed to include an additional “post-exam scrutiny” layer, making impersonation nearly impossible.

In addition to biometric security, the RRB will implement mobile jammers at all 7,000 examination centres nationwide.

This strategy aims to completely eradicate any attempts at cheating through electronic devices such as mobile phones, which have presented significant challenges in administering large-scale examinations.

The jamming initiative reflects a strong dedication to fostering a fair testing environment where only merit will be considered in selecting qualified candidates.

This initiative, along with other reforms introduced by the government, will usher in a new era in Railway recruitment, marked by transparency, technology, inclusiveness, and timeliness, as envisioned by the technocrat Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, according to the announcement.

These reforms were enacted four months after the Railway Ministry decided to delegate the responsibility of conducting exams to the RRB. This decision followed the CBI’s arrest of 26 railway officials in Mughal Sarai, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly leaking exam papers.

In the past, the zonal and divisional railway offices held these examinations separately; however, there was a growing number of reports regarding corruption and cheating.

After a meeting at a high level, the Railway Board declared that all upcoming promotion examinations would be administered via a computer-based test (CBT).