- The Jharkhand Government recently approved a proposal to grant 77 per cent reservation in the state government jobs for people belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, backward classes, OBC and other economically weaker sections.
- The state government of Jharkhand has approved a bill to amend the Jharkhand Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services Act, 2001.
- The amendment bill provides 77 per cent reservation to SC, ST, BC, OBCs and economically weaker sections.
- It has increased the OBC reservation to 27 per cent from the present 14 per cent.
- It provides quota of 12 per cent for people belonging to local SC communities and 28 per cent for local ST communities.
- The extremely Backward Class people are given 15 per cent reservation and OBCs are given 12 per cent reservation.
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