Salem Steel Plant OBC Employees' Welfare Association (Affiliated to AIOBC): Reservation in IIT 2009 & OBC Cutoff

History of OBC Reservation

Under Article 340 of the Indian constitution it is obligatory for the government to promote the welfare of the Other Backward Classes.

The first Backward Classes Commission headed by Shri kaka kalelkar in 1953, and Mandal Commission headed by Shri B.P.Mandal in 1980 has given many useful recommendations for the welfare of Other Backward Classes. The population of OBC’s which includes Hindus and Non-Hindus was around 52% of the total population according to the commission.

27% of reservation was recommended owing to legal constraints that the total quantum of reservation should not exceed 50%.

One of the most important recommendations is that all private sector undertakings which have received financial assistance from the government in one form or another should be obliged to recruit personnel on the reservation basis. But, even after 2 decades we are unable to get it inspite of our continuous efforts.

On August 7 1990, the then Prime Minister Shri. V P Singh announced that his National Front Government was going to implement Mandal Commission recommendations in Education and jobs, inspite of strong agitations from Forward Communities. In fact, Shri V P Singh lost his power due to his mandalisation policy. The federation remembers him on this special day for his service rendered to this community.

One needs to understand the psychology of opposition of reservation to OBC’s.

When the jobs are nowhere and everything is gone private, then why are the upper castes angry with the reservation for Backward Communities?

The fact is that seats for dalits were rarely fulfilled and we have seen huge backlog. There has been no protest. It was easier to curtail the protest of the dalits because of their numbers and social background.

Now the reservation for backward communities being a reality, the powerful backward communities will hit and break the bone of upper castes. That is the fear of this community. They know that there are enough students from these communities who will join great institutes of technology and management.

The Supreme Court of India on April 10 2008 upheld the government’s move for initiating 27% OBC quotas in Govt. funded Institutions. But it is necessary for the Govt. at this juncture to exclude the creamy layer policy from the reservation quota.

To be strong in the present scenario, it is more important to show our strength and unity of OBC’s. AIOBC association work towards social justice. AIOBC is giving hand and helping us in this regard.

The issue of under-representation of the socio-economically deprived, discriminated backward caste and classes in the spheres of education, employment, administration and commerce is burning at this stage. I appeal all the member associations to work hard towards the success of the reservation policies.

Let us truly reform our society and work for a truly democratic India, where every community participates in power and every person gets their reservation in respective areas in proportion to their shares in population.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Reservation in IIT 2009 & OBC Cutoff

18% of the total no. of seats in IIT Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Delhi, Rorkee and Guwahati; IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISMU, Dhanbad are reserved for OBC candidates belonging to non-creamy layer.
Eligible students in the OBC category will, however, need to certify that they do not belong to the creamy layer. And for the purpose of uniformity in admission, a central list of OBCs will be drawn up for reference of the institutions. OBC candidates belonging to Non-creamy layer will be required to produce the original certificate issued on or after January 1, 2009 by a competent authority in the prescribed format. The certificates must be produced at the time of counselling, failing which they will be treated as belonging to the General (GE) category.
In the three new IITs — Bihar, Rajasthan and Hyderabad — the total intake of students will be 120 each which means that there will be 27% reservation for OBCs and 22.5 % for SC/ST candidates.
To make room for candidates from the OBC quota, these institutes will earmark 9 per cent of the total seats for them and increase the overall number of seats by 13 per cent from the present academic year.The percentage of seats will be gradually increased to attain 27 per cent OBC reservation by Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) 2010.
OBC Cutoff
The cutoff for OBC students will be 90 per cent of the cut-off of general category students in the JEE 2008 examination.
reservation for SC/ST Candidates in each IIT, IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad.
Seat reservation for SC candidates – 15%
Seat reservation for ST candidates – 7.5%
Candidates belonging to these categories are admitted on the basis of a relaxed criterion as defined in Section 10.
Persons with Physical Disability (PD)
3% seats are reserved for candidates with physical disability who are otherwise fit to pursue the course, and qualify JEE (with relaxed norms defined in Section 10).
Category of disability:

locomotor
visual
speech
hearing
leprosy cured

Benefit would be given to those candidates who have at least 40% permanent physical impairment in relation to a body part / system / extremity / extremities / whole body, etc.
Preferential Allotment of Seats (DS Category)
Two seats are available for preferential allotment of courses in each institute for children of defense/paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peace-time operations (DS category).