NEET candidates
This year, as many as 7,95,031 candidates living in India cleared the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the National Testing Agency for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in the medical and dental colleges. A total of 315 foreign nationals, 1,209 non-resident Indians, 441 candidates holding Overseas Citizenship of India cards and 46 Persons of Indian Origin cards also passed the exam.
At least 2,86,245 candidates in the unreserved category, 3,75,635 in the Other Backward Classes category, 99,890 in the Scheduled Caste category and 35,272 in the Scheduled Tribe category also cleared the exam. Delhi had the highest percentage of candidates clearing the exam at 74.92, followed by Haryana (73.41) and Chandigarh (73.24). Nagaland had the lowest pass percentage at 34.52. * * * * *
NRI voters
According to estimates of the Ministry of External Affairs, there are about 31....
