Job reservation: Governor welcomes central cabinet’s decision

Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday welcomed the union cabinet’s decision to give reservations in admission in educational institutions, appointments and posts in favour of economically weaker sections of the citizens and granting benefit of promotion in service to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes.

“The reservation to the economically-weaker sections of the citizens will be in addition to existing reservation and subject to maximum of 10 percent of total seats/posts,” an official spokesman said.

   

Constitution (77th Amendment) Act, 1995 provides for giving benefit of promotion in service to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes and the constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019 provides for giving reservations in admission in educational institutions and for appointments and posts in favour of economically weaker sections of the citizens.

“Both these amendments in the Constitution of India were not applicable to the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the present form. The union cabinet’s approval to the extension of these amendments will enable providing of 10% reservation in admission in educational institutions and for appointments and posts in favour of the economically-weaker sections of the citizens. This will also give powers to the state for making provisions for reservation in the matters of promotion to any class or classes of posts in the services under the state in favour of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes,” the statement read.

The governor described these decisions as “having far-reaching consequences in helping to ameliorate the lot of the weaker sections of society and in ensuring their economic progress and prosperity”.

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