Centre approves 27% OBC reservation in MBBS/ BDS from current academic year 2021-22

The central government has approved the 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the All India Quota (AIQ) Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical/dental courses (MBBS / MD / MS / Diploma / BDS / MDS) from the current academic year 2021-22 onwards.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced the decision that the government is committed to providing due reservation to OBC students. The decision will benefit nearly 1500 OBC students in MBBS and 2500 OBC students in postgraduation.

Making the announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on Twitter: "Our Government has taken a landmark decision for providing 27% reservation for OBCs and 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section in the All India Quota Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical/dental courses from the current academic year."

Central government has also approved 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in AIQ Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical / dental courses.

Apart from the 27% reservation for OBCs, 10% reservation for EWS is also being extended in AIQ seats for all the undergraduate / postgraduate medical/dental courses from the current academic year 2021-22. This will benefit every year around more than 550 EWS students for MBBS and around 1000 EWS students for PG medical courses.

The AIQ scheme was established in 1986 under the direction of the supreme court. It consists of 15% of the total available UG seats and 50% of the total available PG seats in government medical colleges. Initially, there was no reservation in AIQ Scheme up to 2007.

In 2007, the supreme court introduced 15% reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the AIQ scheme.

When the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act became effective in 2007 providing for uniform 27% reservation to OBCs, the same was implemented in all the Central Educational Institutions viz. Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Harding Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University etc. However, this was not extended to the AIQ seats of State medical and dental colleges.

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