BC quota in education, employment for 10 more years
The Hindu
Reservations applicable to130 communities in Telangana
The State government has extended the reservations for backward classes in education and employment, including age concession of five years for recruitment, for a further period of 10 years. The existing reservations for BCs were extended in the undivided Andhra Pradesh in May 2011 for 10 years up to May 31, 2021. The quota was given to a total of 112 castes and later another class ‘orphaned and destitute children’ was included as the 113th community in 2015. In September last year, the government accepted the recommendations of Telangana State Commission for BCs to include 17 new castes in the list of BCs under Groups ‘A’ and ‘D’. This took the total number of communities enjoying BC reservations to 130.More Related News
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