In its official memo, to the higher education regulator it has kept HRD Ministry institutions which have research, national and strategic importance out of the ambit of 10 percent reservation bill for the EWS category in general class. The memo also stated that the new law will not be applicable to the minority educational institutions manifested by the Constitution of India.
Following are the specialized institutes which fall outside the bounds of the new 10 percent reservation:
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai and its constituent units
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
- North-Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science, Shillong.
- National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon.
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.
- Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
- Space Physics Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun.
"The reservations shall be provided to EWSs for admission in Central Educational Institutions, (as defined in clause (d) of section (2) of The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006) from the academic year 2019-20 onwards," the HRD memo said.
"The above reservation would not be applicable to the 8 institutions of excellence, research institutions, institutions of national & strategic importance as specified in the Schedule to The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, as amended from time to time, and appended to this OM, and to the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of article 30 of the Constitution," the
memo said.
In its recently concluded winter session, Parliament had passed the bill providing 10 percent reservation to the economically weaker sections in the general category in government jobs and educational institutions.
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