R. Muraleedharan, secretary, SC/ST Coordination Committee, Kerala, told The Hindu that the government had not responded to the order issued by panel chairman B.S. They claimed that the government had apportioned 64% of courses in clinical subjects and 36% of courses in non-clinical subjects. The system of wrong calculation led to a loss of 8% of seats in clinical subjects to candidates belonging to the marginalised communities. Of the total seats in both subjects, candidates from SC communities are eligible for 8% and those from the ST communities are eligible for 2% of quota. “Candidates from the SC/ST communities are eligible to get 8% and 2% respectively of the total seats in each course.

Source: The Hindu April 29, 2019 13:18 UTC