Bill for quota to SCs, STs, OBCs in central institutes

New Delhi: A bill to provide reservation to SCs, STs and OBCs under state seats in central education institutes in tribal areas was moved in the Rajya Sabha by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal.

Moving the amendments to the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, Sibal said, "The two key amendments are to bring the element of equity in central education institutes."
   
He said the amendment has been proposed to include reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in tribal areas, especially in North East region.
   
The amendment also aims to increase the time-frame for full implementation of the Act to six years till 2014 instead of three years, he said.
   
Initiating the debate on the bill, Anil Madhav Dave (BJP) opposed the amendments saying, "We are trying to correct that type of education which cannot be corrected. It needs to be overhauled."
   
Stating that some states in the country were worse than the North East region, he suggested that the government should give special focus on tribal areas of Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
   
Jesudasu Seelam (Cong) sought a separate bill to provide reservation in private education institutions. 

OBC quota hiked in higher educational institutions in Delhi

New Delhi: Delhi government increased reservation for OBCs in higher educational institutions to 27 per cent from current 21 per cent from academic year 2012-13.

But it also decided to enhance the total number of seats by 12 per cent so that general category students do not suffer.

The decision to comply with central law of reserving 27 per cent seats for OBCs is seen as an effort by the Congress government to woo the OBCs before the MCD polls slated to be held next month.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, announcing the decision of a cabinet meeting, said number of seats for general category and scheduled caste students will remain as it is as total number of seats will be increased by 12 per cent.

“The number of seats for each discipline would be increased by 12 per cent to ensure that the seats available for the general candidates are not reduced,” Dikshit said.

With this increase, the total reservation of seats in higher education institutions for SCs, STs and OBCs will go up to 49.5 per cent. The SCs have 15 per cent reservation while the STs have 7.5 per cent.

Justifying the decision, Dikshit said it will go a long way in imparting higher and technical education to large number of students belonging to weaker sections.

“It is aimed at providing more educational opportunities to the weaker section which will result in more educational opportunites for them,” she said.

The Delhi Governmet had reserved five per cent seats for OBCs for academic year 2009-10 which was increased to 15 per cent for the 2010-11 and 21 per cent for academic year 2011-12.op

The government had decided to implement 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in a staggered manner so that required infrastructure could be developed to ensure that seats for general category students remain same while increasing the overall number of seats.

The decision is seen as government's effort to woo the OBCs ahead of the municipal corporation polls scheduled to be held later next month.

Following the decision, the reserved seats for OBCs will increase in Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi Technical University, National Law University and B R Ambedkar University, Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology and all other government run technical institutions.

Officials said private self financed institutes affiliated to the state universities will also have to reserve 27 per cent of the seats for OBCs.

The reservation of 27 per cent seats for OBCs has already been implemented in all central educational institutions in the city like Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru university.

Delhi govt increases OBC quota for higher education to 27 pc

New Delhi: The Delhi government increased the reservation in higher education for OBCs to 27 per cent from the present 21 per cent.
 
With this increase, the total reservation in higher education institutions for SCs, STs and OBCs will go up to 49.5 per cent.
 
The SCs have 15 per cent reservation while the STs have 7.5 per cent.
 
The decision to increase the OBC quota was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
 
The reservation will come into effect after a notification by the government.