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This is an archive article published on May 11, 2006
Send us detailed note on quota proposals: PMO to Arjun
With the HRD Ministry8217;s move on quota kicking up a row, the Prime Minister has decided to step in. The PMO has asked the Ministry to send a 8220;detailed note8221; on the proposed bill to extend 27 per cent quota for OBCs in premier educational institutions.
Written by Shubhajitroy
New Delhi | May 11, 2006 12:00 AM IST
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With the HRD Ministry8217;s move on quota kicking up a row, the Prime Minister has decided to step in. The PMO has asked the Ministry to send a 8220;detailed note8221; on the proposed bill to extend 27 per cent quota for OBCs in premier educational institutions.
Sources told The Indian Express that the PMO8217;s letter, which cited 8220;recent reports8221; on the proposed bill, wanted a clearer picture on the issue. The HRD Ministry had drawn plans to bring the bill in the Parliament session starting tomorrow.
Members of the National Knowledge Commission NKC are also meeting the Prime Minister tomorrow over the quota issue. The NKC, which works directly under the PMO, had disapproved8212;it was a 6-2 vote8212;of HRD Minister Arjun Singh8217;s quota proposals.
Though the PM hasn8217;t spoken his mind on the issue so far, he did emphasise, while speaking at the opening of the Goa campus of BITS Pilani, the need for 8220;increasing the number of seats at all levels of technical education, from ITIs to IITs and also improve the quality of training at all levels8221;. He also reiterated the Government8217;s 8220;commitment to increase access to education, at all levels of the knowledge pyramid8221;.
shubhajit.royexpressindia.com
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