Lok Sabha Question No. 3580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Reservation Norms in Higher EducationalInstitutions
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3580

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## Reservation Norms in Higher Educational Institutions

3580. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

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

- (a)  the  list  of  Central  Educational  Institutions  exempted  from  Central  Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admissions) Act, 2006, as of now;
- (b)  the  list  of  programs  of  study  exempted  from  reservation  norms,  if  any,  in  the institutions covered under the same Act;
- (c)  whether  the  Ministry  is  contemplating  to  amend  the  Act  to  bring  in  relaxations  or exemptions from reservation norms to any institution(s);
- (d)  whether  the  existing  reservation  norms  are  applicable  in  the  Higher  Educational Institutions/Central  Educational  Institutions  conferred  with  the  status  of  'Institutions  of Eminence';
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) if not, the reasons there for?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) & (b): The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 has been notified on January, 2007 which is available at https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/upload\_document/CEI-ResAdm-2006.pdf . The section 4 of the Act inter-alia states that provision of the act shall not to be applicable in the following Institutions/Curriculum:

- i. a Central Educational Institution established in the tribal areas referred to in the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution;
- ii. the  institutions  of  excellence,  research  institutions,  institutions  of  national  and strategic importance specified in the Schedule to the Act;
- iii. a Minority Educational Institution as defined in the Act;

iv. a  course  or  programme  at  high  levels  of  specialisation,  including  at  the  postdoctoral level, within any branch of study or faculty; (c):  The  above  Act,  2006  has  been  amended  as  Central  Educational  Institutions (Reservation  in  admission)  Amendment  Act,  2012  and  notified  on  19 th June,  2012.  At present, no amendment in the Act, 2006 is under consideration. reservation

(d)  to  (f):  Section  15  of  the  UGC  (Institution  of  Eminence  Deemed  to  be  Universities) Regulations,  2017  states  that  the  Public  Institutions  of  Eminence  shall  implement  the policy  in  admissions  and  recruitment  in  accordance  with  any  Act  of Parliament for the time being in force.

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In  addition  to  the  schedule  of  the  Central  Educational  Institutions(Reservation  in Admissions)  Act,  2006,  the  following  Central  Educational  Institutions  as  intimated  by University Grants Commission, are exempted from the provisions the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admissions) Act, 2006.

1.  Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
2.  Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
3.  Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow.
4.  Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh
5.  North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
6.  Mizoram University, Aizwol
7.  Nagaland University, Kohima
8.  Tripura University