New Delhi: Medical and dental courses in the country will have a 27 reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 10 per cent for Economically Weaker Sections under the All India Quota Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday.
This will apply to courses like MBBS, MD, MS, BDS, MDS and diploma medical programmes from the current academic year, the NDTV reported.
Our Government has taken a landmark decision for providing 27% reservation for OBCs and 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section in the All India Quota Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical/dental courses from the current academic year.
PM Modi, at a meeting held on Monday, had directed the union ministries concerned to facilitate an effective solution to this long-pending issue, a statement issued by the health ministry said. On Wednesday, a group of BJP MPs from the OBC community also met the PM on the same issue.
“This decision would benefit nearly 1,500 OBC students in MBBS and 2,500 OBC students in post graduation and also around 550 EWS students in MBBS and around 1,000 EWS students in post graduation,” the health ministry said.
“The present government is committed to providing due reservation both to the backward category as well as the EWS category. The Union government has now taken a historic decision to provide for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs and 10 per cent reservation for EWS in the AIQ scheme,” the ministry said.
OBC students from across the country shall now be able to take the benefit of this reservation in the AIQ scheme to compete for seats in any state. Being a central scheme, the Central List of OBCs shall be used for this reservation.
