Reserved seats for wards of CAPFs and Assam Rifles in MBBS and BDS
Reserved medical seats for wards of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles personnel in MBBS and BDS courses
- The Ministry of Home Affairs announced reserved seats in MBBS and BDS for wards of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles personnel.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced reserved seats for wards of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles personnel in undergraduate medical education. The reservation applies to wards of serving and deceased personnel, and it covers both MBBS and BDS admissions.
Background and earlier position
Central Armed Police Forces personnel and Assam Rifles personnel perform demanding internal-security duties. Educational support for their dependents is a welfare measure that can reduce family burden linked to prolonged field deployment, risk, and service-related hardship.
UPSC can frame this as a question on how the Union government supports the families of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles personnel through educational reservation, and how such measures fit within broader social justice and governance debates.
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