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Interim reports on quota issue on anvil

       New Delhi: The 13-member Oversight Committee set up to prepare a road map for the implementation of 27 per cent quota for the Other Backward Classes met in the capital today. Talking to the media persons after the meeting, M Veerappa Moily, Chairman of the Oversight Committee said that a number of suggestions had come on various issues concerning the implementation of 27 per cent quota for the OBCs and this will be finalised soon. "Today, the main issue which we discussed was to holding a national consultation on July 10. We have discussed about the theme and number of suggestions came as to what are the issues to be discussed. And we are finalising by evening today..," said Moily.

     Further, the Committee has also decided to bring out an interim report to the government and has asked heads of all the institutions for inputs to finalise the interim report. "We have decided that we must produce an interim report to the government. We are, in fact, written letters to all the chairmen of the various.. that they should give the inputs by working out a road map by finalising the interim report by June 23. But they make sometime and that's why we have extended the date," confirmed Moily. He also added that the interests of students belonging to the general category as well as the OBCs will be considered while working on the road map for interim report. The Oversight Committee will submit it's final report on July 10.

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