Patna, November 7 (Language) Hours after presenting the caste survey report in the Bihar Legislature, the Cabinet led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday approved reservation for backward classes, extremely backward classes and economically weaker sections (EWS) in the state by 65%. Passed a proposal to increase the percentage.
A bill on this will be brought in the House during the current session of Bihar Legislature.
The development came after the Chief Minister proposed increasing the reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC-ST), as well as Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes in the state, to 65 percent from the Supreme Court-mandated limit of 50 percent.
The Chief Minister made the above statement during his address after discussing the caste survey report in the Assembly.
The Chief Minister proposed in the House that SCs, who constitute 19.7 per cent of the population as per the survey, should get 20 per cent reservation, which is more than the existing 16 per cent. Reservation for STs, whose share in the population is 1.7 percent, should be doubled from one percent to two percent.
He said that OBCs who constitute 27 percent of the population get 12 percent reservation while Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) who constitute 36 percent of the population get 18 percent reservation.
Nitish proposed that both the communities together should get 43 percent reservation. These increases do not include 10 percent reservation for economically weaker sections.
A senior government official said that with the EWS quota, Bihar’s proposed reservation will increase to 75 per cent.
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