India, Jan. 27 -- The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) said in a statement issued on January 27 that 6,755, or 89% of the total 7,624 candidates, have cleared the real estate agent competency examination.

MahaRERA conducted the sixth phase of the real estate agent competency examination on January 4. Pune's Praveen Kamble scored 98%, placing first.

According to MahaRERA, 5,637 of the 6,755 candidates are male, and 1,118 are female.

MahaRERA said 264 senior citizens across Maharashtra also appeared and cleared the examination, 13 of whom are women. The eldest is 84-year-old Daulatsinh Gadhvi from Mumbai.

In total, over 20,000 real estate agents have cleared the examinations conducted for over a year.

In January ...