Govt Announced Reservation For Medical , Dental Courses In India
Govt Announced Reservation For Medical , Dental Courses In India
PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter to share the decision, calling it a "landmark decision".
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday, 29 July, announced that medical and dental courses in the country will have a 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 10 percent reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the All India Quota (AIQ) Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter to share the decision, calling it a "landmark decision" and wrote that this move will immensely help youth get better opportunities "and create a new paradigm of social justice" in India.
The decision will apply to courses like MBBS, MD, MS, BDS, MDS and diploma medical programmes from the current academic year.
A press release said that in a meeting held on Monday, 26 July, PM Modi had directed the concerned Union Ministries to look for a solution to this " long pending issue."
