Lok Sabha Question No. 4149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: Reservation for SC/ST/OBC in NET
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4149 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## Reservation for SC/ST/OBC in NET

†4149. SHRI NANA PATOLE:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that there is a provision for fifty per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Castes (OBCs) candidates appearing in National Eligibility Test (NET) and fifty five per cent marks are required for the  candidates  belonging  to  the  said  categories  at  the  time  of  direct  recruitment  of teachers and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to issue directives to make provision of fifty per cent marks for SC, ST and OBC candidates at both the places viz. NET SET and direct recruitment of teachers to provide benefit to them;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the percentage of OBCs in the Central Institutes is very low in comparison to others; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to take steps to improve the said percentage and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a): The  Other  Backward  Classes(OBC)  belonging  to  non-creamy  layer/Scheduled Caste(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST) / persons with disability (PWD) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master's degree or equivalent examination  are  eligible  for  National  Eligibility  Test.  In  each  UGC-NET  examination, Junior Research Fellowships are allocated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) as per the extant Government of India Reservation Policy i.e. 27% for OBCs, 15% for SCs, 7.5% for STs and 3% for the persons with disabilities.

University Grants Commission  (Minimum  Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the

Maintenance  of  Standards  in  Higher  Education)  (4th  Amendment),  Regulations,  2016 provide for a relaxation of 5%, to the minimum eligibility marks of 55%, at the Graduate and Masters level for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Differently-abled (physically and visually differently-abled) /Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-creamy layer) categories for direct recruitment of teachers.

(b) to (e) State Eligibility Test (SET) for eligibility for Assistant Professor is conducted on the  pattern  of  UGC-NET.  The  eligibility  conditions  and  qualifying  criteria  for  different categories of candidates should be on the lines of the UGC-NET. The  incidence  and  filling  up  of  vacancies  in  Central  Universities  (CUs)  is  an ongoing  and  continuous  process.  The  onus  of  filling  up  of  posts,  including  those belonging to reserved category, lies with the CUs which are autonomous bodies created under the respective Acts of Parliament.

UGC has issued instructions from time to time to all CUs for (i) implementation of SC/ST/OBC/ PwD reservation policy of the Govt. of India / UGC (ii) strict compliance of reservation policy, (iii) display of reservation roster on University website and (iv) filling up  of  remaining  identified  backlog  reserved  vacancies  of  these  categories  in  teaching and non-teaching posts.

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