Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the proposed reservations in elite educational institutions will not reduce opportunities for general category students but aims to give empowerment to those belonging to the backward communities.
"Our approach on this issue is two-fold. First of all we must not do anything which will reduce educational opportunities for children other than those belonging to the backward classes," Dr Singh told students of Lady Sri Ram College in New Delhi on Thursday during a brief question-answer session.
The government aims to provide students from backward communities with access to 'genuine opportunities to empowerment' to realise their potential, he added.
Only 10 per cent of the population of these communities had access to college education at present, the prime minister pointed out, adding that economic criteria also has a role in the issue.
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