Why are some of the seats in reserved category(obc ncl) are still empty in most of the central government colleges which provide study of management courses (eg - IIM, NITIE, IIT,etc) for their 2017-19batch Despite Government instruction most of these centrally funded colleges keep some of the seats vacant in reserved category(obc ncl) even tough they have candidates in the waiting list of that respective category(obc ncl). So how can these reserved(obc ncl) waiting list student get admission in those vacant seats. What is the procedure if college denies them admission saying they would like to keep those seat vacant Why the IIMS do not conduct spot admission to fill the vacant seats in reserved category(obc ncl) after counselling rounds are done What steps is the government taking to fill the vacant seats across various IIM and IIT in India What was the total number of seats across all the IIM in India for the year 2016 and 2017 respectively What is the proposed number of seats across all the IIM in India for the year 2018 admission program