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Quota bill tabled
August 26, 2006
The controversial Quota Bill to provide 27 percent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions, which is to be made operational from the academic year 2007, makes no mention of the creamy layer.The Bill, which is being introduced by Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh in the Lok Sabha, defines OBCs as the class or classes of citizens who are socially and educationally backward and are so determined by the Central government. The bill was introduced by Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
Image: Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh addresses the media at his residence in New Delhi on May 14.
Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
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