Terming the Modi government's decision to provide 10 percent reservation for economically backward section in general category a move towards social justice, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said thousands of seats will be there in higher education institutions under the new category from the next academic session.
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the constitutional provision to provide 10 percent reservation in government jobs and education to economically backward section in the general category. The bill was passed by Parliament on Wednesday, 9 January.
At a function in Jaipur on Sunday evening, Javadekar said:
“This is a revolutionary decision to deliver economic justice. This is a decision of social justice and my preparation has started. In June, when institutions opens (for next session), thousands of seats will be there under ten percent reservation in institutions like IIT, IIIT, NIT, central universities and others.”
Javadekar said the Congress and other Left parties had also promised such steps in their election manifestos but they did not take decision for providing reservation to economically backward people.
Attacking the Congress, the minister said corruption was rampant in the Congress-led former UPA government and claimed that no scam took place in the BJP government's rule.
He also highlighted the achievements of the NDA government.
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