West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal Government and Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath’s government, on Tuesday, announced to give 10 percent reservation to Economically Weaker Section of the general category in Education and Jobs.
In West Bengal, the decision was taken after CM Mamata Banerjee held a meeting in the state assembly. While in Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh, the government issued an order of providing 10 percent reservation to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) of the General Category in Education and Jobs.
The decision was taken at the state cabinet meeting which was chaired by Chief Minister Kamal Nath last week.
The State Government’s General Administration Department has already issued instructions regarding same to all the Chief Executive Officers of Head Departments, District Collectors, and District Panchayats.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath also directed all the Institution reservations to implement the 10 percent. And for those who have completed the admission, all of those have been directed to implement the same from next year.
A government spokesperson earlier had said, a candidate eligible for the quota should not have its family income exceeding Rs 8 lakh annually.
The state government has decided to follow the Central government model of 10 percent EWS quota for general category people having less than ₹8 lakh annual income.
The Congress-led Madhya Pradesh government also increased the limit to 1,200 square feet for the eligibility while as per the Union government‘s rules, a family of the candidate should not own a house bigger than 1,000 square feet in notified municipal areas.
READ: CM Kamal Nath’s Madhya Pradesh Cabinet clears 10 percent EWS quota for general category
Many States including Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam have already approved the bill to implement the reservation for EWS for General Category.
The Lok Sabha on January 8 had cleared the way for 10percent EWS quota Bill. Rajya Sabha, on the last day of winter session also passed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019 with 165 ‘ayes’ that seeks to provide reservation to upper caste while 7 voted against the bill.
Earlier on Jan 11, a day after the upper House of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha cleared the passage for the passage of the bill granting 10 percent reservation to EWS of the general category, a petition challenging the bill filed in the Top Court.
After which several petitions have been filed in the Apex Court against the bill stating that the 10 percent reservation to the upper castes violates several basic features of the constitution.
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