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Quota Raise: Bihar govt issues gazette notifications for raising quota from 50 to 65 per cent
PATNA: The Nitish Kumar authorities on Tuesday issued gazette notifications for elevating the quota for disadvantaged castes from 50 to 65 per cent in state authorities jobs and academic establishments, after receiving assent from Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. Based on sources the Governor had despatched each the payments – The Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Companies Modification Invoice and the Bihar Reservation (Admission In Instructional Establishments) Modification Invoice, 2023 – to the state authorities after giving his formal assent, paving the way in which for implementation of the brand new quota share in state authorities jobs and academic establishments.
The Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Companies Modification Invoice and the Bihar Reservation (Admission In Instructional Establishments) Modification Invoice, 2023 have been not too long ago cleared by the state legislature through the winter session days after the federal government tabled the detailed evaluation of the state’s landmark caste survey report within the meeting.
Each the payments sought a hike within the quota for Scheduled Castes (SC) from 16 to twenty per cent, Scheduled Tribes (STs) from 1 to 2 per cent, extraordinarily backward castes (EBCs) from 18 to 25 per cent and different backward courses (OBCs) from 15 to 18 per cent to raise the entire quantum of caste-based reservations from 50 to 65 per cent.
The whole quantum of reservation in jobs and academic establishments will now stand at 75 per cent within the state, after taking into consideration the ten per cent already present quota for economically weaker sections (EWS).
Arlekar’s assent got here simply days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed hope that the Raj Bhavan would return each payments after the formal assent of the Governor.
The Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Companies Modification Invoice and the Bihar Reservation (Admission In Instructional Establishments) Modification Invoice, 2023 have been not too long ago cleared by the state legislature through the winter session days after the federal government tabled the detailed evaluation of the state’s landmark caste survey report within the meeting.
Each the payments sought a hike within the quota for Scheduled Castes (SC) from 16 to twenty per cent, Scheduled Tribes (STs) from 1 to 2 per cent, extraordinarily backward castes (EBCs) from 18 to 25 per cent and different backward courses (OBCs) from 15 to 18 per cent to raise the entire quantum of caste-based reservations from 50 to 65 per cent.
The whole quantum of reservation in jobs and academic establishments will now stand at 75 per cent within the state, after taking into consideration the ten per cent already present quota for economically weaker sections (EWS).
Arlekar’s assent got here simply days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed hope that the Raj Bhavan would return each payments after the formal assent of the Governor.
