Supreme Court Calls NRI Quota a "Fraud": Time to End the Misuse in Medical College Admissions
Supreme Court Calls NRI Quota a "Fraud": Time to End the Misuse in Medical College Admissions In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of India has made it clear that the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) quota in medical college admissions has been severely misused and must be stopped. The Court dismissed three petitions that challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court's ruling, which had quashed a Punjab government notification aimed at amending the conditions for NRI quota admissions in medical colleges. The apex court called the entire system a "fraud" that is damaging India’s education system and must come to an end. The Problem: The Misuse of NRI Quota The original intention behind the NRI quota was to offer Non-Resident Indians (Indian citizens living abroad) and their children a way to secure education opportunities in India. The idea was to keep them connected to the country by providing them with some level of preference, particularly in sectors like ...