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shruti jha Student Expert 31st Mar, 2020

Hi Prabha,

The Central Pool Quota seats in NEET are those seats which have been obtained through voluntary contributions from various State Governments or colleges.

These seats are allocated to States or Union Territories which have insufficient or no medical or dental institutions of their own. The seats are also reserved for wards of individuals working with certain Government Departments.

The beneficiary states/Union Territories are

1. Arunachal Pradesh

2. Manipur

3. Meghalaya

4. Mizoram

5. Nagaland

6. Sikkim

7. Tripura

8. Andaman and Nicobar

9. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

10. Daman and Diu

11. Lakshawadeep

The beneficiary Government Departments are:

Ministry of Defence  For wards of Defence Personnel

Ministry of Home Affairs  For wards of Paramilitary Personnel and for wards of Civil Terrorism victims

Ministry of External Affairs  For wards of Mission Staff posted outside India

Ministry of Human Resource Development  For Tibetan Refugees

For Cabinet Secretariat  for wards of personnel working at RAW, SSF, SPG and others

For Indian Council of Child Welfare  for National Bravery Award winners

Hope this will help you out .

For more details and informations you can check out the official sites too.

Good luck.

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