Indian Govt. tables bill for 10% reservation for economically backward |
The government will table a constitutional amendment bill in Parliament on Tuesday as the quota will be over and above the existing 50 per cent reservation. The reservation benefit is likely to be availed by those whose annual income is below Rs 8 lakh and have up to five acres of farmland. Those who earn less than Rs. 8 lakh a year, have less than five acre land qualify for the quota. Jobs are already reserved for impoverished and disadvantaged lower castes. The criteria for economic quota will be the same as that for Other Backward Castes or OBCs. According to BJP sources,this was a long-standing demand but only the Modi government had the courage to do it. Brahmins, baniyas, Christians, Muslims, all will benefit from this. The Bill has to be a constitutional amendment as it overshoots the Supreme Court`s 50 per cent cap on quotas and takes the total to 60 per cent. Any increase from that limit will be subject to judicial scrutiny and is unlikely to get parliamentary approval immediately. In a 1992 order, the Supreme Court had capped reservations in government jobs and education at 50 percent.
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