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Game Changer? Modi Government Approves 10 Per Cent Reservation For Economically Backward Upper Castes, Claim Reports
Swarajya Staff
Jan 07, 2019, 02:57 PM | Updated 02:57 PM IST
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The Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet has approved a decision to provide 10 per cent reservation for economically backward upper castes, India Today and other media outlets reported.
Sources: 10 percent reservation approved by Union Cabinet for upper castes. More details awaited pic.twitter.com/t0mlI73ymf
— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2019
As per reports, this reservation would be provided in both government jobs and education.
Other reports claim that the government would move a constitutional amendment to this effect in the Indian Parliament. The criteria for being an upper caste poor is having a family income of less than Rs 8 lakh per annum, claimed some outlets.
It was earlier reported that NDA government ministers like Ram Vilas Paswan and Ramdas Athawale have favoured such a move. Paswan was reported as demanding a 15 per cent quota for upper castes. Athawale on the other hand demanded 25 per cent poorer sections of the upper castes.
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