Parliament approves 10% reservation for general category poor: Highlights

Rajya Sabha passes the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019, with 165 'ayes'

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supports 10 per cent quota Bill 

7:49 PM

BJP demands implementation of 10% quota for general category poor in J&K 

 

The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit on Wednesday urged the president to extend to the state 10 per cent reservation for the general category poor.  

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10% reservation will apply to jobs in both central, state govts: Ravi Shankar Prasad

 

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that 10 per cent reservation to poor in the general category will be applicable to jobs in both central and state governments. (Read more here)

 

Ravi Shankar Prasad said the legislation gives powers to the states to decide on the economic criteria for defining the beneficiaries.

 

Ravi Shankar Prasad said the states will be free to fix criteria for defining the economically weaker sections in the general category who can avail of reservation. A state, for instance, can fix annual income of Rs 5 lakh as the criteria for availing of the reservation in jobs and educational institutions. The Constitution will give the states powers to fix that, he said. 

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6:45 PM

Which law officer gave government the opinion that this is constitutionally valid: Kapil Sibal

6:44 PM

Here, the government is trying to pass a Bill without any data, without any report: Kapil Sibal

6:44 PM

I remember the Mandal Commission's report came in 1980 and it was first introduced in the Parliament in 1982. Then in 1990, it was passed. So it took 10 years to pass that Bill: Kapil Sibal

6:40 PM

Did government collect any data to ascertain the percentage of OBCs and Dalits in different states: Kapil Sibal

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How did the government arrive at the Rs 8 lakh criterion: Kapil Sibal

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Did the government collect any data before bringing the quota Bill: Kapil Sibal

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There is complete non-application of mind by the government: Congress' Kapil Sibal on quota Bill

6:27 PM

Congress leader Kapil Sibal raises questions on implementation, research regarding quota Bill 

6:26 PM

Ravi Shankar Prasad: "It is true that people from upper castes are also poor. If our government is thinking of their welfare, why does it need to be debated? You didn't implement the decision when you were in power, then I don't understand why we are being questioned." 

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"Does Parliament have the right to deliver on the provisions in the Preamble and Article 46 for those who have not benefited from reservations?" asked Ravi Shankar Prasad.