Reservation for Economically Weaker Section: Here are five things to know

In a sudden and unexpected move, Modi cabinet on Monday announced 10% reservation for the economically backward people of the unreserved category. This reservation is over and above the 50 percent mandated by constitution, for the OBC/SC/ST category.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PTI Photo/ File

New Delhi: The Modi cabinet has approved a ten percent reservation for economically weaker section among those who were in the unreserved category, for direct recruitment in jobs and educational institutions, approving a seventeen-year-old demand. Here are five things to know about it:

1. The beneficiaries of this reservation will be those belonging to economically weaker section hailing from castes like Brahman, Thakur, Kayastha, Baniya, Jaat, Gujjar and others
2. The economically weaker section from among these castes include those with annual income below Rs 8 lakh, or those having agriculture land below 5 acre, or those with residential house below 1000 square feet, or, those with residential plot below 109 yards in notified municipality, or those with residential plot below 209 yards in non notified municipality area
3. The 10% reservation is over and above the 50 percent mandated by constitution
4. The government will be moving a constitutional amendment bill in the parliament, which is likely to be tabled on Tuesday
5. This reservation will be provided in both jobs (direct recruitment) and the education sector.