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Bihar Assembly passes bill to increase quota for SCs, STs and OBCs from 50% to 65%

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Bihar Assembly passes bill to increase quota for SCs, STs and OBCs from 50% to 65%

New Delhi: The Bihar Assembly Thursday unanimously passed a bill to increase the quota for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to 65 percent from 50 percent. Earlier this week, the government had tabled socio-economic data about the state’s population as part of the country’s first-ever caste survey since Independence. … Read more

Nitish Kumar proposes to raise reservation from 50% to 65% after Bihar caste survey findings – ThePrint – Select

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Nitish Kumar proposes to raise reservation from 50% to 65% after Bihar caste survey findings – ThePrint – Select

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday proposed that reservation in government jobs and educational institutes be raised from 50 to 65 percent in the state. Kumar announced his plan hours after the findings of the state government’s caste-based survey were tabled in the Assembly, revealing that one-third of the families in Bihar earned … Read more