OBC reservation

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad is expected to add 34 seats during the 2007-08 following the implementation of the 27 per cent OBC reservation in the Central Government-funded institutions of higher learning.The report of Outcome Budget of Department of Higher Education placed on the table of Parliament said that a plan outlay of Rs 576 crore has been earmarked in the 2007-08 Budget for increasing seats in central universities. The students intake capacity in six Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is expected to increase by 157 during 2007-08, the report said adding IIM Lucknow will add 45 more students, IIM Ahmedabad (34), IIM Bangalore (30), IIM Calcutta (18) and IIM Indore and IIM Kozhikode 15 each. The implementation of the recommendations of the Oversight Committee would see a phased increase of intake capacity over a period of three years, besides augmenting infrastructural capacities as also the strength of the faculty in 17 Central universities, it said.
The intake capacity of seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is expected to increase by 1,788 during the year. While IIT Roorkee will increase its capacity 309, IIT Kharagpur will take additional 295 students, IIT Kanpur (267), IIT Mumbai (209), IIT Chennai (204), IIT Delhi (151) and IIT Guwahati (101). A plan outlay of Rs 988 crore has been earmarked in the Budget.