( Increasing the reservations on one side...)The Government’s Balancing Act on Reservatio,Health

Increasing the reservations on one side and on the other side increasing the number of seats so that general category does not suffer is the UPA Government’s please-all formula//.

The Congress-led alliance and its Left supporters announced that 27 per cent of the seats in Central educational institutions would be available to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from June 2007. Simultaneously, it has been decided to increase the number of seats so as to ensure that the general category did not lose out.

The Manmohan Singh Government's seriousness in this regard is reflected in the decision to set up an Oversight Committee to draw a time-bound road map on reservation issue, which virtually hijacked the UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting spread over two sessions to take stock of the two-year performance of the Government. The panel will take into account the recommendations of academicians and administrators before submitting its report by August 31.Besides the Oversight panel, smaller groups consisting of deans, directors and Vice-Chancellors would be constituted to work out details for each class of institutions such as IITs and IIMs.

The meeting also decided that while the Constitution amendment providing for reservation is implemented in letter and in spirit, a bill will be introduce during the monsoon session of Parliament to provide for the quota. The Left parties insisted that the Government sent out a clear message that it was committed to implementing the reservation policy. Even from within the alliance, there was intense pressure for a quick decision on the issue as some southern partners like PMK and DMK even demanded an ordinance so that the issue is not allowed to drag. A votary of reservation, RJD leader Lalu Prasad also pitched in favour of quick implementation of the quota.

At the meeting, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh circulated a note that said that the number of seats would be increased so that
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