First in India: Maharashtra brings 10% EWS quota to private medical colleges; total seats remain unchanged
Critics fear that with no proportional expansion in the total seats, this would lead to a reduction in seats in existing categories. Many warn it may lead to protests, petitions, and another round of policy ping-pong. When EWS quota was introduced in govt medical colleges, their total seats were increased by 25% so that other categories were not affected.
Currently, 22 private medical colleges in Maharashtra offer 3,120 MBBS seats.
These colleges have 15% seats under management quota and the remaining are distributed among various groups, including general category, SC, ST & OBC.
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The admission brochure states: 'In govt/govt aided/corporation/private unaided institutions (excluding minority institutions), 10% of the available seats under state quota will be reserved for EWS candidates.'
The decision draws legitimacy from a chain of govt resolutions in 2019, 2000, and 2021 and a Supreme Court verdict affirming the quota's validity in education.
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Currently, 22 private medical colleges in Maharashtra offer 3,120 MBBS seats. Another college in Aurangabad is awaiting National Medical Commission (NMC) clearance. But with no additional seats in sight, students across the board now face heightened competition for a smaller share. 'Cut-offs are naturally going to rise if seats are not increased,' said a principal.
In 2019, when the EWS quota was announced for govt medical colleges, initially at the postgraduate admission level, parents' associations petitioned the courts and demanded that there be a corresponding increase in the total seats so that students of other categories were not affected.
The quota was struck down but implemented from the next year with a 25% increase in seats in govt institutions to ensure that other categories weren't shortchanged. But before that, in June 2019, the EWS quota was rolled out at the undergraduate level in govt colleges with an overall 25% increase in seats. That year, the transition was buffered by expansion.
Not this time. State govt enquired with the NMC if seats would be increased similarly for private colleges as there was a plan to implement the EWS quota in all colleges, except minority colleges.
But the NMC clarified that there was no plan to increase seats, said sources.
For many students, this sudden and silent announcement just before the admission season is to kickstart feels like a betrayal. 'We were blindsided,' said Sudha Shenoy from the Parents' Association. 'The high court's earlier order was clear — no EWS quota unless the total intake increases by 25%. This decision ignores that. It cuts into the chances of every other student.'
Under current rules, EWS students receive a 10% reservation in govt colleges. In private institutions, they're eligible for fee waivers — 50% for boys and 100% for girls.
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