IITs to implement 9 pc quota in coming session

New Delhi: The IITs on Wednesday decided to implement the 27 per cent quota for OBCs minus the creamy layer in three years time in phases by reserving nine per cent seats each year in view of the inadequate infrastructure.

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The seven IITs, IT BHU and ISM, Dhanbad, would increase their seats by 13 per cent in the coming academic session to implement the quota, the institutes declared after a meeting of their directors here.

The elite institutions will exclude creamy layer from the quota ambit as specified by the apex court, IIT Delhi director Surendra Prasad said.

"Pertaining to the creamy layer, we will go by the instructions of the government. The family income will be the criteria," he said.

Three new IITs will start operating from the coming session in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan.

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