Dimapur, SEPTEMBER 2 (MExN): Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad has clarified on the reservation of undergraduate seats in medical colleges for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
He told the Lok Sabha today, August 31 that the reservation varies from State to State as per the norms and rules prescribed by the respective State Governments. However, the following reservation quota is prescribed for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses under the All India Quota and central Government institutions:
i. Scheduled Castes – 15%
ii. Scheduled Tribes – 7.5%
iii. Other Backward Classes – 27% ( only in central Government Institutions/Universities)
Further, he said the regulations of Medical Council of India’s (MCI) provides that for both PG and UG, 3% seats of the annual sanctioned intake capacity shall be filled up by candidates with locomotors disability of lower limbs between 50% to 70% and in case the quota remains unfilled on account of unavailability of such candidates then such unfilled seats shall be filled by candidates with locomotors disability of lower limbs between 40% to 50%.
These regulations are mandatory in nature and therefore applicable for every medical college under the ambit of MCI and also for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses under the All India Quota, the minister said.
