New Delhi, July 29 -- The Centre on Thursday announced a 27 per cent reservation for OBCs and a 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections in the all India quota scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses.

The quotas will be applicable from the current academic year of 2021-'22. The All-India Quota scheme consists of 15% of the total available undergraduate seats and 50% of all postgraduate seats in government medical colleges.

The reservation is meant for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses - MBBS, MD, MS, Diploma, BDS and MDS - from the current academic year (2021-22) onwards.

The decision is expected to benefit 1,500 students from the OBC community studying in MBBS courses and 2,500 o...