New Delhi: The Rajya
Sabha Friday passed amendments to the Central Educational
Institutions (Reservation in Admissions) Act, 2006, exempting some
central institutions from implementing the other backward castes (OBC)
quota.
The amendment is applicable to institutions where implementation
of the Act exceeds the 50 percent reservation limit fixed by the
Supreme Court.
The move seeks to balance state and central reservation policies.
The amendment says that if seats
reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in a central
educational institution exceed 50 percent of the annual strength
permitted, the institution need not make any reservation for OBCs.
According to the amendment, if such an institution is located in
Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
Tripura and Assam's tribal areas, the percentage of seats reserved
for SC/ST candidates will not be reduced from the level obtaining
on the date immediately preceding the date of the Act's
commencement.
In case the institution is in any other area, the percentage of
seats reserved for SC/ST candidates will be reduced to 50.
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