India, Oct. 12 -- The National Testing Agency (NTA) should conduct annual audits of who succeeds in NEET, JEE-Main and CUET across states, genders, school boards, mediums of instruction and social categories, a parliamentary panel has recommended, flagging gaps in the agency's data on examination outcomes.

In its report on "Reforms and Strengthening of the NTA", submitted to Rajya Sabha on October 9, the 31-member parliamentary committee on education, women, children, youth and sports, headed by Congress MP Mukul Wasnik, also called for a defined "duty of care" towards candidates, potentially including financial compensation for those affected by administrative cancellations.

It recommended time-bound grievance redressal, an independent...