Can reservations pull Bihar out of poverty?
An increase or decrease in reservations can only alter the social distribution of these jobs in the state | Latest News India
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An increase or decrease in reservations can only alter the social distribution of these jobs in the state | Latest News India
The Bihar Cabinet has approved a proposal to increase the reservation quota for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) from the current 50% to 75%.
A bill will be brought in the assembly on the same during the ongoing winter session.
Nitish Kumar made a statement to this effect while taking part in a debate that followed the tabling of a detailed report on the caste survey commissioned by his government
The Union Home Minister claimed that the Nitish Kumar government was being unjust to the backward and extremely backward classes.