The government on Thursday said there will now be 27% reservation for other backward classes in medical and dental courses and 10% for economically weaker sections (which covers further) for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. under All India Quota. The reservation will be applicable from the current academic year 2021-22.
This will benefit about 1,500 OBC students in MBBS and 2,500 OBC students in post-graduation and about 550 EWS students in MBBS and 1,000 students in post-graduation. The decision can be seen in the context of “pro-OBC” initiatives, such as the recent ministerial reshuffle involving a significant number of OBCs and moves to undo an adversary. Supreme court Order to nominate state backward list
While the issue of reservation in the All India quota was pending for a long time, the Prime Minister, in the meeting held on Monday, directed the concerned ministries to find an effective solution to it.
With the introduction of OBC reservation, the total seats will also increase significantly. As in 2009 when OBC reservation was implemented, the number of non-reserved seats was also increased proportionately to ensure that the percentage of general seats remained the same. Therefore, higher education institutions that introduced OBC reservation increased their total intake by about 50%. In a similar exercise, to introduce EWS reservation, institutions had to increase their total intake by 20%.
NS AIQ It was introduced in 1986 under the directions of the Supreme Court to provide opportunities on the basis of merit to the students of any state who wish to study in a good medical college of another state. All India Quota covers 15% of the total available And seats and 50% of the total available PG seats in Government Medical Colleges. in 2007, scheduled caste introduced 15% reservation for scheduled caste and for 7.5% scheduled tribe in AIQ plan
While reservation was implemented in all central government institutions through the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, it was not extended to AIQ seats in state medical and dental colleges.
In order to provide benefits to students belonging to the EWS category in admission to higher educational institutions, a constitutional amendment was brought in 2019, which enabled the provision of 10% reservation for “further”.
The latest decision will extend the benefits for the EWS students in the AIQ scheme.
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