10 % reservation in education to economically weaker sections of general category to be implemented from 2019-20 session

The 10 per cent reservation in education to Economically Weaker Sections of general category will be implemented in 40,000 colleges and 900 universities from academic year 2019-20. Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar made the announcement in New Delhi today.

He said this will be implemented without impacting the existing quotas for SCs, STs & OBCs. He said the Ministry, UGC, AICTE will issue orders in a week’s time for implementation of the reservation.