|                |                  |              | sno              | names       | of          | the       | institutions    | of          | excellence,    | etc     ||----------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|----------|| j              | homi             | bhabha       | national           | institute,  | mumbai      | and       | its             | constituent | units,         | namely:— || bhabha         | atomic           | research     | centre,            | trombay     | ss          |           |                 |             |                |          || ~              | (i               |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || indira         | gandhi           | centre       | for                | atomic      | research,   | kalpakkam |                 |             |                |          || (ii)           |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || (ii)           |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || raja           | ramanna          | centre       | for                | advanced    | technology, | indore    |                 |             |                |          || institute      | for              | plasma       | research,          | gandhinagar |             |           |                 |             |                |          || (iv)           |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || variable       | energy cyclotron | centre,      | kolkata            |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || ()             |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || saha           | institute        | of           | nuclear            | physics,    | kolkata     | lo        |                 |             |                |          || wi)            |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || (vii)          |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || institute      | of               | physics,     | bhubaneshwar       |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || (viii)         |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || institute      | of               | mathematica! | sciences,          | chennai     |             |           |                 |             |                |          || harish-chandra | research         | institute,   | allahabad          |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || (ix)           |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || tata           | memorial         | centre,      | mumbai            |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || @)             |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || 2             | tata             | institute    | of                 | fundamental | research,   | mumbai    | is"             |             |                |          || north-eastern  | indira           | gandhi       | regional           | institute   | of          | health    | and             | medical     | science,       |          || shillong       |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || national       | brain            | research     | centre,            | manesar,    | gurgaon     |           |                 |             |                |          || jawaharlal     | nehru            | centre       | for                | advanced    | scientific  | research, | bdngaldre       |             |                |          || physical       | research         | laboratory,  | ahmedabad          | zo          |             |           |                 |             |                |          || space          | physics          | laboratory,  | thiruvananthapuram |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || we             |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || en             |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || aw             |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || ss             |                  |              |                    |             |             |           |                 |             |                |          || indian         | institute of     | remote       | sensing,           | dehradun    |             |           |                 |             |                |          |part iv of the constitution containing the directive principles of state policy, im article 46, lays down that the state shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, aad, in particular, of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, and shal! protect them from social injustice access to education is of utmost importance in insuring advancement of persons belonging to the scheduled-castes, the scheduled tribes, and the socialty and educationally backward classes of citizens, who are also referred to as the other backward classes (obcs) 2 the constitution (93rd amendment) act, 2005, inserted clause (5) in article 15 of the constitution, with a view to promote the educational advancement of the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens, the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes through special provisions relating to admission of students belonging to these categories in all educational institutions, including private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by the state in terms of this provision, parliament as well as the state legislatures are empowered to make appropriate laws for the educational advancement of the weaker sections of the people 3 with a view to give effect to the consitutiona! provisions, it is expedient and necessary to make statutory provisions in the proposed biff for reservation in matters of admissions for the students belonging to the scheduled castes (scs), the scheduled tribes (sts) and the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens (obcs) in the central educational institutions, including institutions deemed to be universities established, maintained or aided by the central government the provisions of the proposed bill, inter alia, will not apply to the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (/) of article 30 4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objective new dea; arjun singh the 23rd august, 2006clause 5 of the bill makes provision for mandatory increase of seats in the central educational institutions, which will be attained over a maximum period of three years beginning with the academic session following the commencement of provisions of the bill though, it may not be possible to quantify the financial requirement on this account at this stage, whatever be the expenditure, it would be met from the consolidated fund of india through budgetary provision under the department of higher education, ministry of human resource development the bill does not involve any other expendituresub-clause (g) of clause 2 of the bill defines the expression "other backward classes" so as to mean the class or classes of citizens who are socially and educationally backward and are so determined by the central government sub-clause (/) of clause 2 empowers the central government to notify other branches of study 2 proviso to sub-clause (4) of clause 4 empowers the central government to amend, as and when considered necessary, the schedule to the bill, containing the names of the institutions of excellence, research institutions of national and strategic importance subclause (d) of clause 4 empowers the central government to specify the courses or programmies at high levels of specialisation, including at the post-doctoral tevel, to which the provisions of the bill shall not apply ny 3 clause $ empowers the centra! educational institutions to increase the number of seats in a branch of study or faculty with the prior approval of the appropriate authority; and provides that the central government may, in consultation with the appropriate authority, permit, by notification, the central educational institutions to increase the annual permitted strength over a maximum period of three years in certain exigency 4 clause 7 provides that every notification made under this bill shall be laid before both the houses of parliament 5, all the matters in respect of which notifications may be made are matters of procedure and administrative detail and it is not practicable to provide for them in the bill itself the delegation of legistative power is, therefore, of a normal character