Odisha reserves 10% seats for EWS students in 3 medical colleges
5 years, 6 months ago

Odisha reserves 10% seats for EWS students in 3 medical colleges

India Today  

The Odisha government Tuesday decided to implement the 10 percent Economically Weaker Sections quota in three medical colleges in the state from this academic session after the Centre approved an increase of 100 MBBS seats. Earlier, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry in a communication to the state government informed it to increase 25 MBBS seats each in Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital in Baripada and Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital in Koraput. These two medical colleges will now take 125 students under MBBS course instead of their earlier capacity of 100 seats. "After careful consideration of the above recommendation, Government of Odisha have been pleased to reserve 10 percent seats for EWS for taking admission in the above three medical colleges which shall be over and above the existing reservations as mentioned by the department earlier," a notification issued by the Health and Family Welfare department said.

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Madhya Pradesh HC Directs State To Complete Seat Enhancement Process In Private Medical Colleges And Provide EWS Reservation
3 days ago

Madhya Pradesh HC Directs State To Complete Seat Enhancement Process In Private Medical Colleges And Provide EWS Reservation

Live Law  

In a plea seeking EWS reservation in the state's Private Medical Colleges, the Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the State government and National Medical Commission to complete the process of increasing seats in such colleges and provide for EWS reservation in accordance with Union Health Ministry's notification. Let the process for enhancement of the seats in the …

India doubles medical colleges, MBBS seats rise by 130%, PG seats by 135%
1 month ago

India doubles medical colleges, MBBS seats rise by 130%, PG seats by 135%

India Today  

The Indian government has reported a remarkable 102% increase in medical colleges and a 130% rise in MBBS seats since 2014, aiming to strengthen healthcare access and meet global standards. India now has 780 medical colleges compared to 387 in 2014, reflecting a 102% surge, Union Health Minister JP Nadda informed the Lok Sabha last week. Uttar Pradesh now leads …

Documents of students who got medical seats under NRI quota to be verified by embassies
1 month, 1 week ago

Documents of students who got medical seats under NRI quota to be verified by embassies

The Hindu  

For the first time, the Karnataka Examination Authority has decided to send the details and documents of 320 students who secured postgraduate medical seats under the Non-Resident Indian quota to the respective embassies for cross-verification. This decision comes after KEA discovered irregularities involving 21 students who secured postgraduate medical seats under the management quota in the All India Quota while …

8 New Medical Colleges in Maharashtra to Add 1,000 Seats
2 months, 4 weeks ago

8 New Medical Colleges in Maharashtra to Add 1,000 Seats

Hindustan Times  

With the state government approving 8 new medical colleges and 2 additional colleges in Mumbai, the Maharashtra medical education system will see an addition of 1,000 medical seats for the upcoming academic year. However, many colleges are struggling with inadequate facilities despite this expansion, with some senior faculty members questioning the quality of education offered by these new colleges.

Justice League: Telangana extended 10 per cent quota to EWS in med admissions, says A-G
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Justice League: Telangana extended 10 per cent quota to EWS in med admissions, says A-G

New Indian Express  

The Telangana government has extended the 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in MBBS and postgraduate medical admissions for 2024-25, Advocate General A Sudershan Reddy informed the Telangana High Court on Friday. The extension of the EWS quota comes in response to a writ petition filed by Kamareddy MLA K Venkata Ramana Reddy challenging the state government’s alleged inaction in …

Plea Against Silence on EWS Quota in Medical Seats
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea Against Silence on EWS Quota in Medical Seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Kamareddy BJP MLA Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy filed a petition before the Telangana High Court seeking directions to the Union and state governments to issue guidelines or amendments to GOs of rules for admissions into MBBS, BDS and PG Medical courses for the academic year 2024-25 by implementing EWS reservations. He complained that despite the communication addressed by the …

MBBS, BDS admissions: After HC stay, BFUHS puts result of NRI seats on hold
4 months, 1 week ago

MBBS, BDS admissions: After HC stay, BFUHS puts result of NRI seats on hold

Hindustan Times  

After Punjab and Haryana high court stayed the decision of the Punjab government changing the admission criteria in MBBS and BDS courses under the non-resident Indians quota, the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences put provisional result for NRI seats on hold. The BFUHS in a notice on Thursday said, “In the light of interim orders of the Punjab and …

Odisha considers increasing reservations for SC, ST students in technical education
4 months, 1 week ago

Odisha considers increasing reservations for SC, ST students in technical education

The Hindu  

The Odisha government is considering increasing reservations for scheduled caste and schedule tribe students during admission into technical education courses in the State. At present, the State provides 20% reservation SC and ST Students in State Government technical colleges in admissions as against their 39.98% of the total population. In response to a query in the State Assembly if the …

Now, NRIs’ kin to be eligible for quota in MBBS, BDS admissions in Punjab
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Now, NRIs’ kin to be eligible for quota in MBBS, BDS admissions in Punjab

Hindustan Times  

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences on Tuesday modified provisions for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses under the non-resident Indian quota allowing the nearest relatives of an NRI to be considered under the quota following an order issued by the department of medical education and research. Priyank Bharti, secretary, DMER, issued the order regarding the partial amendment for the …

New Meaning to Locals may Affect MBBS Aspirants in TG
5 months ago

New Meaning to Locals may Affect MBBS Aspirants in TG

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Scores of meritorious students from Telangana are set to lose admission into the MBBS due to a last-minute change in the definition of “locals” by the health department. As per the government order, students appearing for Intermediate examinations in Telangana has been made mandatory to be considered under the local category. The Telangana government also amended the previous admission …

Maharashtra’s free professional education for EWS girls sparks surge in seats
5 months ago

Maharashtra’s free professional education for EWS girls sparks surge in seats

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The state’s recent decision to provide free education to girls from the Economically Weaker Sections in professional courses has led to a spiralling in the number of seats in engineering, pharmacy, and agriculture. Sources from the higher and technical education department revealed that after minister Chandrakant Patil’s first announcement of free education for girls on February 1, the department …

T.N. to surrender 851 medical and 38 dental seats to central pool
5 months, 1 week ago

T.N. to surrender 851 medical and 38 dental seats to central pool

The Hindu  

This year the State will surrender 851 MBBS seats to the central pool for which the Directorate General of Medical Services will conduct counselling. There will be four rounds of online counselling, including the stray round, for admission to seats under the government quota in government medical colleges and seats surrendered to self-financing colleges, ESIC Medical College, KK Nagar, affiliated …

Karnataka government fixes 20% B.Sc nursing seats as management quota
5 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka government fixes 20% B.Sc nursing seats as management quota

The Hindu  

The State government has fixed 20% B.Sc. The government has allowed 80% of seats of B.Sc courses in private nursing colleges to be filled through CET counselling by the Karnataka Examinations Authority, while the remaining 20% will be filled by the colleges under management quota. Legal action will be taken against colleges charging more than the prescribed fee.” This year, …

Odisha: Congress demands more quota for SCs, STs in higher education
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Congress demands more quota for SCs, STs in higher education

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : Former Union minister Srikant Jena and ex-Congress MP Anant Prasad Sethi on Sunday said the government should revise the reservation quota for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in higher education in Odisha from 2024-25 academic year. In a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the Congress leaders said in 2015, the state government had announced that reservation …

Karnataka wants 15 per cent NRI quota in govt medical colleges
6 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka wants 15 per cent NRI quota in govt medical colleges

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government wants to start NRI quota in government autonomous medical colleges in the state and has written to the Centre to sanction supernumerary MBBS seats under the Department of Medical Education from the academic year 2025-26. In a letter to the National Medical Commission chairman, Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil requested sanction of a 15% …

Medical Aspirants in a Fix as Uncertainty Lingers over Competent Authority Quota
7 months ago

Medical Aspirants in a Fix as Uncertainty Lingers over Competent Authority Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the NEET results having been declared, students' anticipation of securing admissions to medical colleges in the state is high. As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, students of Andhra Pradesh were eligible to apply for 15% seats in the unreserved category in medical colleges in Telangana and vice-versa for TG students. In retaliation, the Andhra Pradesh government …

A.P. students should continue to get special quota in Telangana medical colleges: Public representatives and academicians
7 months, 2 weeks ago

A.P. students should continue to get special quota in Telangana medical colleges: Public representatives and academicians

The Hindu  

Hundreds of Andhra Pradesh students will not get 15% quota in Telangana medical colleges and other higher educational institutions from 2025-26 academic year, as the ten-year facility that was provided in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act-2014 will come to an end in 2024. Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, which takes up the admission process for all 27 government …

Need to increase medical seats in both UG, PG courses: Parliamentary panel
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Need to increase medical seats in both UG, PG courses: Parliamentary panel

Hindustan Times  

There is a need to significantly increase medical seats in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, a parliamentary committee said, noting that the government's existing scheme of establishing new medical colleges attached to district or referral hospitals can help in achieving this goal. The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in its its 157th report "Quality of Medical …

Comprehensive India-specific approach needed for growth of medical education: Parliamentary panel
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Comprehensive India-specific approach needed for growth of medical education: Parliamentary panel

The Hindu  

Bridging the widely varying quality of medical education across India; enhancing the number of under- and post-graduate medical seats; optimal use of existing infrastructure to expand medical education facilities; chalking out a comprehensive India-specific approach for the creation of seats for specialists; and streamlining the recruitment process to prevent “ghost faculty” in medical colleges — these are among the top …

Odisha Finance Minister Presents Rs 2.55 Lakh Crore Budget for 2024-25
11 months ago

Odisha Finance Minister Presents Rs 2.55 Lakh Crore Budget for 2024-25

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha finance minister Bikram Keshari Arukha on Thursday presented the Annual Budget for 2024‐25 in the State Assembly with an outlay of Rs 2,55,000 crore, which is about 11 per cent more than 2023-24 budget. The other departments which have got maximum allocations are the panchayati raj department Rs 22,543 crore, health and family welfare Rs 19,729 crore, water …

Cap on medical seats: State demands permanent rollback of policy
1 year, 1 month ago

Cap on medical seats: State demands permanent rollback of policy

The Hindu  

The State government has opposed the National Medical Commission’s decision to defer guidelines for cap on medical seats in the States by a year and has demanded that the policy be rolled back permanently. NMC in August earlier this year notified guidelines which capped the medical seats in a State at 100 seats per 10 lakh population. The Government of …

KEA to announce schedule for special stray vacancy round to fill vacant MBBS seats on November 2
1 year, 2 months ago

KEA to announce schedule for special stray vacancy round to fill vacant MBBS seats on November 2

The Hindu  

With the Supreme Court’s nod to Karnataka’s plan to conduct a ‘special stray vacancy round’ to fill vacant MBBS seats, and the extension of the admission date till November 15 for undergraduate medical courses, the Karnataka Examinations Authority will announce the schedule for the same on Thursday. S. Ramya, Executive Director of the KEA, told The Hindu, “On the basis …

T.N. seeks special counselling to fill vacant MBBS seats
1 year, 2 months ago

T.N. seeks special counselling to fill vacant MBBS seats

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian has written to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, urging him to permit the State to conduct another round of counselling for vacancies in undergraduate medical seats for the current academic year. The State government has filled MBBS seats under the State quota in government medical colleges and also government quota seats in self-financing medical …

National Medical Commission limits MBBS seats in each state to 100 per million population
1 year, 2 months ago

National Medical Commission limits MBBS seats in each state to 100 per million population

Hindustan Times  

To improve the overall quality of education and to provide the right teaching environment to medical students, the National Medical Commission decided to limit the undergraduate seats in each state. According to the NMC, the decision has been applauded by various state branches of IMA, students’ associations, and the medical fraternity in general. According to a press release by the …

National Medical Commission guidelines may stymie growth of medical education in Telangana
1 year, 3 months ago

National Medical Commission guidelines may stymie growth of medical education in Telangana

The Hindu  

The Telangana government recently inaugurated nine government medical colleges, pushing the State’s total count to 28. The NMC, through its ‘Undergraduate Medical Education Board’ notification released on August 16, has stipulated that “medical colleges shall follow the ratio of 100 MBBS seats for 10 lakh population in that State and Union Territory.” According to the 2011 census data, Telangana’s population …

KCR to Inaugurate Nine Medical Colleges, 100 Women's Health Centres
1 year, 4 months ago

KCR to Inaugurate Nine Medical Colleges, 100 Women's Health Centres

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will inaugurate nine government medical colleges on September 19 in Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Khammam, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Nirmal, Rajanna Sircilla, Vikarabad and Jangaon, in the state poll run-up. Speaking about the college launch, the health minister said: “The Chief Minister is unwavering in commitment to establish medical colleges across Telangana’s districts. This visionary …

Medical Admissions | Fixing Number Of Seats In State Quota Policy Decision Of Govt, Students Have No Right To Seek Such Direction: Gujarat HC
1 year, 4 months ago

Medical Admissions | Fixing Number Of Seats In State Quota Policy Decision Of Govt, Students Have No Right To Seek Such Direction: Gujarat HC

Live Law  

While observing that it is the prerogative of the State government to determine the number of seats available for MBBS courses under the State quota, the Gujarat High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking a direction upon the authorities to augment the number of seats in Gujarat. Justice Kariel asserted, “A student, while would be entitled to approach this …

Parliament proceedings | India has 482 recognised medical colleges: Health Ministry informs Lok Sabha
1 year, 5 months ago

Parliament proceedings | India has 482 recognised medical colleges: Health Ministry informs Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

There are a total of 482 recognised medical colleges in the country with Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh having the maximum number of them, according to information released by the National Medical Commission, the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar, informed the Lok Sabha. Presenting the information in the Lower House during the …

110 % increase in number of MBBS seats in India since 2014, Mansukh Mandaviya tells LS
1 year, 5 months ago

110 % increase in number of MBBS seats in India since 2014, Mansukh Mandaviya tells LS

Firstpost  

The National Medical Commission Act, 2019 provides for a medical education system that improves access to quality and affordable medical education and ensures the availability of adequate and high-quality medical professionals in all parts of the country. There has been an 82-per cent increase in the number of medical colleges in the country, from 387 before 2014 to 704 now, …

Puducherry Cabinet recommends 10% reservation for NEET-qualified government school students in medical admission
1 year, 5 months ago

Puducherry Cabinet recommends 10% reservation for NEET-qualified government school students in medical admission

The Hindu  

The Puducherry Cabinet has recommended 10% reservation for NEET-qualified government school students in medical admission from this academic year in the Union Territory. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Monday has decided to provide 10% reservation for government school students in MBBS, BDS and BAMS courses. The implementation of quota system will help 11 NEET-qualified government …

Pvt. college appeals for ‘special free of cost admission reservation policy’ to offer free medical education
1 year, 5 months ago

Pvt. college appeals for ‘special free of cost admission reservation policy’ to offer free medical education

The Hindu  

A private college in Karnataka has appealed to the government for a new ‘special free of cost admission reservation policy,’ under which students will be given free medical education on condition that they work for five years at the same institute after completion of the course. The Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research of Sathya Sai Grama, …

Over 40,000 applications received for MBBS, BDS seats in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 5 months ago

Over 40,000 applications received for MBBS, BDS seats in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

A total of 40,199 applications have been received for MBBS, BDS seats offered under single window counselling in the State for medical and dental colleges under the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University. As many as 26,805 candidates have applied for government quota seats and another 13,394 candidates have applied for management quota seats. This year the Directorate of Medical …

Eight New Government Medical Colleges to Come Up in Telangana
1 year, 6 months ago

Eight New Government Medical Colleges to Come Up in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS government on Wednesday green-stamped a proposal to set up eight new medical colleges across districts, as per an order issued by health secretary Syed Ali Murtuza Rizvi. As per the order, medical colleges will be constructed in Medchal-Malkajgiri, Jogulamba Gadwal, Narayanpet, Mulugu, Warangal, Medak, Yadadri Bhongir and Ranga Reddy, with 100 MBBS seats in each college. With …

Telangana Govt to Scrap Unreserved Quota
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana Govt to Scrap Unreserved Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: As many as 520 additional medical seats would be made available to Telangana students from this academic year thanks to the state government’s decision to scrap 15 per cent “unreserved” category for which students from Andhra and Rayalaseema had been allowed, till now. Earlier, he brought 85 per cent quota for locals in the B category seats in private …

Assam Proposes 10% NRI Quota In MBBS; Check Details Here
1 year, 6 months ago

Assam Proposes 10% NRI Quota In MBBS; Check Details Here

ABP News  

The state cabinet presented a proposal on Thursday to implement an annual reservation of 10% of seats in the MBBS course within state medical colleges. These seats will be allocated from the remaining seats after deducting the 15% all-India quota, central pool, North Eastern Council quota, and the Royal Government of Bhutan quota for NRIs or NRI- Additionally, the cabinet …

Karnataka won’t help merit students secure 50% seats in private medical colleges at govt fee
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka won’t help merit students secure 50% seats in private medical colleges at govt fee

The Hindu  

The directive of the National Medical Commission to fix the fee for 50% of seats in private medical colleges and deemed-to-be-universities on par with government seats is yet to be implemented in Karnataka despite multiple recommendations by the Fee Regulatory Committee for Professional Colleges, headed by Justice Subash Adi. The committee has recommended to the Karnataka government to adopt these …

Uttar Pradesh to get 1,300 new MBBS seats, 13 medical colleges from 2023-24
1 year, 9 months ago

Uttar Pradesh to get 1,300 new MBBS seats, 13 medical colleges from 2023-24

Hindustan Times  

Dept of Medical Education, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday announced addition of 1,300 new MBBS seats in medical colleges run by the state government. Uttar Pradesh to get 1,300 new MBBS seats Informing this, DME UP tweeted: “1300 MBBS seats will be increased in Government Medical Colleges of @MeUPGovt,bringing a vital change in the medical education sector of the state. 13 …

Odisha Cabinet Approves Decision to Add 22 New Castes to State OBC List
1 year, 11 months ago

Odisha Cabinet Approves Decision to Add 22 New Castes to State OBC List

The Quint  

How much reservation do OBCs get in Odisha? However, whenever the government has tried to raise the quota, it has been struck down by the courts for crossing the 50% ceiling of total reservation set by the Supreme Court in the 1993 Indra Sawhney judgment. For example, Orissa High Court had struck down the Odisha Reservation of Posts and Services …

Implemented Karnataka Student Reservation In The University 'In Letter And In Spirit': NLSIU, Bangalore
2 years ago

Implemented Karnataka Student Reservation In The University 'In Letter And In Spirit': NLSIU, Bangalore

Live Law  

The National Law School of India University has issued a Press Release on Admission of Karnataka students to the University, and has claimed that it has 'implemented the Karnataka Student reservation in letter and spirit'. Through an amendment of the National Law School of India Act, 1986, vide the Amendment Act, 2020, it had been proposed that there would be …

Assam government flayed for pause in EWS quota
2 years ago

Assam government flayed for pause in EWS quota

The Hindu  

The Assam government has decided to “keep in abeyance” the 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections in State government jobs, drawing flak from the Opposition parties on December 23. In a notification on December 21, the State’s Personnel Department said the EWS quota in direct recruitment in the posts and services of the Assam government has been put on …

Telangana HC dismisses pleas of private Eng colleges
2 years ago

Telangana HC dismisses pleas of private Eng colleges

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday made it clear to the unaided private engineering colleges in the Telangana state that the state government`s NOC is also required to introduce new courses and to increase seat intake apart from the approvals by the All India Council of Technical Education and universities concerned. Reminding the colleges about Section 20 of the …

Upholding EWS quota may seal the fate of the challenge to Tamil Nadu quota law without a hearing: Justice Bhat’s note of caution
2 years, 2 months ago

Upholding EWS quota may seal the fate of the challenge to Tamil Nadu quota law without a hearing: Justice Bhat’s note of caution

The Hindu  

Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, who authored the minority view on the Constitution Bench, said upholding the Economically Weaker Section quota will run the danger of “sealing the fate” of a pending challenge to the 69% reservation in Tamil Nadu without the benefit of a hearing. Lalit said the creation of 10% EWS reservation over and above 50% existing quota has …

MBBS Students of Govt Colleges Need Not Pay Rs 10 Lakh Bond Amount: Haryana CM
2 years, 2 months ago

MBBS Students of Govt Colleges Need Not Pay Rs 10 Lakh Bond Amount: Haryana CM

News 18  

No student will have to deposit the Rs 10 lakh bond amount at the time of admission for MBBS in government colleges, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday. The announcement came on a day MBBS students at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak held a protest against the policy that mandated …

Andhra Pradesh hikes PG medical seats by 746
2 years, 2 months ago

Andhra Pradesh hikes PG medical seats by 746

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: In a boost to medical education in the state, the AP government has decided to hike the number of seats in postgraduate medical courses by 746 in the present year, in addition to the 207 seats already carved out so far in 2022. The minister for medical and health, Vidadala Rajani, said that with the move, a total of …

TS students to get 85% quota in B seats in Pvt MBBS, BDS colleges
2 years, 3 months ago

TS students to get 85% quota in B seats in Pvt MBBS, BDS colleges

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In good news for Telangana students, the health department reserved 85 per cent of ‘B’ category or management quota seats in private medical colleges for merit students. The health department issued GOs 129 and 130 to amend the admission rules to facilitate this, The state has 20 non-minority and four minority private medical colleges which offer 3,750 seats. The …

Assam Cabinet decides to increase medical seats for six communities demanding ST status
2 years, 3 months ago

Assam Cabinet decides to increase medical seats for six communities demanding ST status

Firstpost  

The meeting, chaired by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, also decided to increase the upper age limit at entry level posts in medical colleges for general, OBC, MOBC, and SC/ST category applicants Guwahati: The Assam Cabinet has decided to increase the number of reserved seats by two each for the six communities demanding Scheduled Tribe status in medical education from the …

Arbitrary and exclusionary: The Hindu Editorial on EWS quota
2 years, 3 months ago

Arbitrary and exclusionary: The Hindu Editorial on EWS quota

The Hindu  

A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit is now examining the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, which provides for 10% reservation to the economically weaker sections, excluding Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who already have reservation in higher education institutions and government jobs. The Bench has finalised three issues for hearing — …

EWS quota an affront to equal society, say petitioners
2 years, 3 months ago

EWS quota an affront to equal society, say petitioners

The Hindu  

Ten per cent reservation of seats and jobs in government educational institutions and offices for economically weaker forward classes is an affront to the constitutional goal of an egalitarian and casteless society, petitioners argued in the Supreme Court on September 14. By excluding Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes from claiming benefits under the 10% quota for 'economically …

EWS Quota - 103rd Amendment Negates Concept Of Reservation As Tool Of Representation, Violates Equality : Dr.Mohan Gopal To Supreme Court [Day 1]
2 years, 3 months ago

EWS Quota - 103rd Amendment Negates Concept Of Reservation As Tool Of Representation, Violates Equality : Dr.Mohan Gopal To Supreme Court [Day 1]

Live Law  

Acclaimed academician Professor Dr.Mohan Gopal made arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the constitutional validity of the Constitution Amendment which introduced reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in education and public employment.Addressing a Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra. Acclaimed academician Professor Dr.Mohan Gopal made arguments before the Supreme Court on …

Why NRI/Management medical seats in Karnataka are staying vacant
2 years, 8 months ago

Why NRI/Management medical seats in Karnataka are staying vacant

Hindustan Times  

In a shocking reveal, the Department of Medical Education's data has showed that a major portion of medical seats under the NRI/management quota have no takers in Karnataka. However, of the four quotas available in private medical colleges, government, private, management and NRI, the government and private quota seats are said to get filled up quickly. That makes up an …

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