Parliament passed OBC quota bill

Parliament passed OBC quota bill

Parliament passed a bill which will give higher education institutions three more years to fill up the 27 per cent seats reserved for other backward classes (OBCs).

The Lok Sabha passed the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Amendment Bill, 2012 after the Rajya Sabha passed it April 28.

Besides 27 percent quota for OBCs, the national policy provides for reservation of 15 per cent seats for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 7.5 per cent seats for Scheduled Tribes (STs).

According to the bill, if there are central educational institutions in a tribal area, the state seats in those institutions will have reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs.

The implementation of the act started in 2008 and will now extend till 2014. Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal moved the motion to pass the amendment bill.