Current reservation system in various institutes

Central government-funded higher education institutions: 22.5% for scheduled caste (dalit) and scheduled tribe (adivasi) students. HRD Minister Arjun Singh has proposed raising this to 49.5%, by including reservation for OBCs.

Engineering

IITs:

A quota of 22.5 % is reserved for the SC/ST students (15% for SC and 7.5% for ST candidates). 27% proposed quota for Other Backward Category is under consideration. But actually, a lot of seats in the reserved category remain vacant & actual figure of students are nearly 7% SC & 3.5% ST. The unfilled reserve seats are not filled by general category students.

PEC-Chandigarh:

Currently 50% seats are reserved for Chandigarh domiciles, earlier it was 80%.

IIMs:

A quota of 22.5 % is reserved for the SC/ST students (15% for SC and 7.5% for ST candidates). 27% proposed quota for Other Backward Classes is under consideration. 3% seats are reserved for Persons with Disability (PWD) as per PWD Act 1995.

Medical institutes:

AIIMS:

14% reserved for SC, 8% for ST. In addition, SC/ST students with only 50% scores are eligible.

PG seats in Medical Colleges:

Some seats are reserved for graduates of the corresponding college. The same reservation policy is applicable to SCs and STs in medical colleges of the country.

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