Reacting to concerns about cheating in examinations — and against the backdrop of the recent case of former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar, accused of misusing disability and OBC certificates — Union Public Service Commission Chairman Ajay Kumar on Wednesday said the recruitment body would start accepting candidates’ certificates through DigiLocker, the government’s cloud-based platform for storing and verifying documents, to ensure that they are genuine.

In a first, Kumar addressed a virtual town hall broadcast by Doordarshan on Wednesday, taking questions from aspirants sent via email and posted on social media. The UPSC kicked off its centenary celebrations on Wednesday.

Asked about cheating in exams and the case of former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar, who is accused of misusing disability and

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