Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, May 23, 2006 |
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Opinion
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Letters Quota debate
In bid to neutralise the effect of the proposed 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Castes in educational institutions, the Government has mooted increasing the number of seats in the `general' category. This approach suffers from a serious flaw. Assume there are 100 seats in an institution. The 27 per cent OBC quota means 27 seats less for the general category. Now, the plan is to increase the total number of seats from 100 to 127. The general category can be protected only if the entire increment is allocated to it. But that would violate the law, as then the share of the Scheduled Castes, Tribes and OBCs will go below 49.5 per cent. The law will not be violated only if out of the incremental 27 seats, about 13 (49.5 per cent) are allotted to SC, ST and OBC candidates. In that case, the Government is not fully neutralising the loss of seats to the general category. The fact of the matter is that with a decision to reserve 27 per cent for OBC, it is impossible for the Government to offset the loss for the general students while remaining within the remit of the law. It is absolutely necessary to keep the above fundamentals in mind while formulating suitable proposals in this regard." Uttam Gupta New Delhi
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