Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha unanimously adopts two bills to enhance state’s overall reservation

Raipur: Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha on Friday unanimously adopted two bills to enhance the state’s overall reservation to 76% in jobs and admissions in educational institutions by providing 32 % quota for scheduled tribes (ST), 13% for scheduled castes (SC), 27 % for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and four per cent for economically weaker sections.

Piloting the Chhattisgarh Public Service SC/ST/OBC



Reservation (Amendment) Bill-2022 and Chhattisgarh Educational Institutions Reservation in admissions (Amendment) Bill-2002, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said the provisions of reservation, which was prevailing earlier, were affected after the High Court declared them as unconstitutional. Due to this, appointments of SC/ST/OBC in government service and jobs are being affected at present.