MUMBAI, June 19 -- The Maharashtra government on Wednesday approved the amendment in the definition of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) to smoothen the admission process for them, their children and dependents in the professional courses in private unaided educational institutions in the state. The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting. A senior official from the state higher and technical education department said, "The state government has changed definition and removed the clause (w) of section 2 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 from the definition. There was also no specific definition for wards in the existing act as far as the admission process is concerned. We have decided to incorporate the definition of ward from the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890." However, other conditions for admission such as the number of reserved seats and the admission on merit will remain unchanged. The NRI students get five percent reservation in government-run colleges while in deemed universities, the quota goes up to 15 percent....