CNI COLLEGE INTRODUCES QUOTA FOR DALIT CHRISTIANS 

The St. Stephen's College of Delhi University, a pride of Church of North India , has decided to increase the overall quota for the Christian students to 40 percent by introducing another 10 percent reservation for Dalit Christians. 

 Announcing this, Principal of the College Rev. Walson Thampu said that 40 percent of the seats in the college will be reserved for Christian students and 25 percent of this will be kept aside for Dalit Christians.  Additionally, 10 percent of the total 400 seats at the college will now be reserved for Dalit Christians as per the new reservation rules that will be implemented from the forthcoming academic session.  He further added that, "A bulk of the Christians in North India belongs to the Dalit Community and they can now take full advantage of our new reservation formula." The cut-off percentage for the Christian Dalits students will be as low as 60 percent.  

The college already has 15 percent reservation of seats for the students of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, disabled and children of defense personnel killed in war and 5 percent seats reserved under the Sports Quota.