Puducherry: Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has said the administration will persist in its efforts to get due recognition for the Scheduled Tribes (STs) residing in Union Territory.

He was replying to pleas made by R. K. R. Anandaraman (PMK), Leader of the Opposition A. M. H. Nazeem (DMK) and a few other members during a debate on a private member resolution tabled earlier by Anandaraman in the Assembly on Saturday. Mr. Rangasamy said the administration was already seized of the necessity to get recognition for the STs so that they would get reservation in employment and educational institutions.

Mr. Rangasamy said that in response to the representations made in the past, the Centre had written a letter to the administration, asking it to provide a quota of one per cent of the employment or admission in the institutions for some time. He hoped that a full-fledged approval would be given soon.

Medical admission

Mr. Anandaraman (PMK) and S. P. Sivakumar (DMK) placed two resolutions separately seeking the Government's firm steps to ensure that private medical colleges and also those `deemed to be universities' functioning in Union Territory earmarked 50 per cent of the total seats in the MBBS course for students sponsored by the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC). Similar quota should be created in private engineering colleges also. Replying to members' views, the Chief Minister said that steps were already taken to ensure that equal sharing of seats was available in the private professional colleges.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail