Date:07/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/07/stories/2006080704391200.htm

National

Panel projects additional student intake

New Delhi: The Oversight Committee, set up to prepare a roadmap for reservations for OBCs in elite educational institutions, has projected an additional student intake of 80,557 with a 54 per cent capacity expansion of seats to implement the new quota.

However, this will involve an overall expenditure of Rs. 16,563.34 crore - Rs. 9,092.96 crore as non-recurring and Rs. 7,470.38 crore as recurring expenses - over five years.

Of the total additional intake of students under the 27 per cent quota, 17 Central universities will accommodate a major chunk of 63,005 students, followed by engineering colleges offering seats to 16,132 students, said statistics contained in the Committee's interim report.

A total of 1,42,757 students are currently enrolled in the agriculture, management, medical and engineering fields in the Central universities that were studied by the Veerappa Moily-led Committee. — PTI