Everyone likes a NEET paper leak: Students spend Rs 35,000 as coaching hubs cash in

Key points

• More than 23 lakh students are preparing once again for NEET after the medical entrance examination was cancelled over the paper leak scandal.
• But while aspirants battle burnout, anxiety and uncertainty, another industry is already moving at full speed: India’s coaching business.
• In Kota and Sikar, the country’s largest coaching hubs, institutes have swiftly launched 're-NEET crash courses', 'rank booster batches', 'special revision modules', 'exclusive test series' and 'new sample paper programmes'.
• Read Full Story For students, the message is simple and terrifying: pay again, or risk falling behind.
• The paper leak may have shattered the credibility of the exam system, but for coaching institutes, the re-exam has opened a fresh revenue stream.