UP govt approves 10% reservation in Jobs, educational institutions for EBCs

Uttar Pradesh government has approved 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for economically backward in the general category.

Cabinet minister and UP government spokesperson Shrikant Sharma said that the nod was given at a meeting of the state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow yesterday.

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Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019, providing for 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to the economically weaker sections in the general category was passed by Parliament in its recently concluded winter session.