(a) whether the Government propose to give reservation to
people of the rural areas in technical institutions; and
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the time by which
the Government are going to implement the same?
(a) whether the Government propose to give reservation to
people of the rural areas in technical institutions; and
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the time by which
the Government are going to implement the same?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (PROF. RITA VERMA)
(a) & (b) : As per the guidelines notified by the All India
Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for admission to
engineering programmes, the central institutes are governed by
the reservation policies of the Government of India and the
reservation in the State institutes is left to the respective
States/ UTs as per the policy of the concerned State
Government/ UT Administration. There is no specific
reservation for people of the rural areas in centrally funded
technical institutes.