Quota implementation from next year: Final report

New Delhi, Oct 11: The final report of the Veerappa Moily headed Oversight Commitee on implemenation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in elite institions recommends implementation of quota from the next academic year stagered up to a maximum of three years.

The Committee has, however, avoided the issue of creamy layer, saying it was for the government to take any decision on the matter.

The committee says threshold of admission will be decided by the individual institutions themselves so as to maintain excellence of education.

The cut off marks for admission of OBC students can be fixed betwen what is provided for Scheduled caste and General category students.

It says seats in the higher educatioonal institutions would have to be raised by 54 per cent so that space for general category students does not reduce after keeping apart 27 per cent seats for OBCs.

The Central Universities can stagger the implementation of the 27 per cent OBC quota in disciplines other than humanities.

Other recommendations include awarding National Merit Scholarships to OBCs students, enhancing retirement age of faculty members and redeploying retired teaching staff.

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and premier medical institutions like AIIMS are to implement nine per cent quota each year beginning 2007-08.

However, in the case of the six Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), varied formulae have been put forth.

The IIM(A) will implement six per cent quota in 2007-08, seven and 14 per cent in the following years, while IIM(B) would follow seven per cent in the first year and ten per cent each in the following years.

For IIM (Kolkata) will have three, 15 and 9 per cent in three years while IIM (Lucknow) will implement quota by eight, ten and nine per cent respectively.

IIM (Indore) will introduce four per cent quota in the first and 11.5 per cent each in the following years years. IIM (Kozhikode) will provide for 4.5 per cent in the first two years and 18 per cent in third year.

UNI