Representation of SC/ST in promotion posts inadequate in Jharkhand: Committee report
The Hindu
The Supreme Court on October 5 had asked the Centre as to what exercise it has undertaken to justify decisions to grant quota in promotions to the employees belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
There is inadequate representation of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) employees in promotion posts at every level in the Jharkhand government, a report said.
A three-member committee, constituted in Jharkhand to study promotion, administrative efficiency and representation of SCs and STs in the creamy layer under the services and posts of the government in the State, submitted its report to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday evening.
"The percentage of SC and ST employees in relation to the total number of employees holding posts on the basis of promotion against sanctioned promotion posts across the state is 4.45 per cent and 10.04 per cent respectively which is much less than the population ratio of SC and ST (12.08 per cent and 26.20 respectively) as per the Committee report," Chief Minister's office said.