10% EWS quota in 40,000 colleges, 900 varsities from 2019-20 : Javadekar

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New Delhi : Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar while addressing a presser in New Delhi on January 15, 2019, informed that in a landmark decision, the Government  has decided that from the academic year 2019-20 itself, 10 percent Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota will be implemented across 40, 000 colleges and 900 Universities in the country. This 10 percent quota for EWS will be over and above the existing quotas for SCs, STs and OBCs and General seats.

Adequate additional seats will be created in these colleges and universities to implement the quota for EWS. The UGC and AICTE will be provided the operational mandate within a week to implement the quota.

In another major announcement, Javadekar informed, the Government has approved proposal to extend the 7^th CPC to the teachers and other academic staff of the State Government/ Government aided degree level technical institutions in the country, which will have additional Central Government  liability of Rs 1,241.78 crore. He said that the Central Government will reimburse 50% of the total additional expenditure (from January 1, 2016 to March 31, 2019) to be incurred by these institutes for payment of arrears on account of 7^th CPC implementation.

This will directly benefit a total of 29,264 teachers and other academic staff of State Government funded institutes. Besides, about 3.5 lakh teachers and other academic staff of private colleges/ institutions within the purview of AICTE will also benefit from the approval given today, he added.

The Minister said that the implementation of pay commission recommendation in State Government Aided / funded AICTE approved technical institutes will help them in attracting and retaining the faculty of high academic standards, according to a PIB release.