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GoM: No consensus yet on OBC quota
A consensus on uniform percentage of reservation for Other Backward Classes OBC in state universities, higher education institutions and private unaided institutes continues to elude even as the Group of Ministers consulted West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Orissa, Delhi today over the implementation of the OBC quota.
New Delhi | October 21, 2006 12:00 AM IST
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A consensus on uniform percentage of reservation for Other Backward Classes OBC in state universities, higher education institutions and private unaided institutes continues to elude even as the Group of Ministers consulted West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Orissa, Delhi today over the implementation of the OBC quota.
Though the states agreed on the implementation of the quotas, they said the percentage of OBC quota should be decided by them since the number of OBCs differ from one state to another. They said factors like demography and particular socio-economic situations of each state should be taken into account, and the idea of a uniform OBC quota is not feasible.
There were different view points on the exclusion of the 8216;creamy layer8217; from the purview of OBC reservation. Rajasthan, like the other BJP-ruled states favoured implementing quota in minority educational institutions. West Bengal was for the exclusion of the 8216;creamy layer8217; from the OBC quota, saying that the well-off sections of the community should be exempted from the ambit of the quota benefit.
The Group of Ministers included Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, HRD Minister Arjun Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. While most of the states were represented by their education ministers, Delhi was represented by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
The states were given a 10-point questionnaire to declare their positions on various facets of the subject.
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