Bihar Assembly passes bills to increase caste quota from 50% to 65%
The Hindu
Bihar Assembly unanimously passes bills to increase quotas for SCs, STs, EBCs, and OBCs from 50% to 65%. STs to double quota from 1% to 2%, SCs from 16% to 20%, EBCs from 18% to 25%, OBCs from 12% to 15%.
The Bihar Assembly on November 9 approved a hike in quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Extremely Backward Classes and Other Backward Classes from the existing 50% to 65%.
Bills providing for the same in educational institutions and government jobs, drafted in the backdrop of a comprehensive caste survey conducted by the Nitish Kumar government, were passed unanimously through voice vote.
According to the bills, the quota for STs will be doubled, from one to two per cent, while for SCs it will be raised from 16% to 20%.
For EBCs, the quota will be 25%t, up from 18%, while for the OBCs, it will rise from 12% to 15%.