Hyderabad: The Telangana state government on Monday issued orders to implement 10 per cent reservations for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and employment.
The orders were issued following the decision announced by Chief
Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on January 21 to implement 10 per cent
EWS quota in the state.
The GO issued by Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar stated, “The government has decided to implement 10 per cent reservation to the EWS for admissions into all educational institutions in the State and also in respect of initial appointments
to the posts in services under the State, following the criteria and guidelines prescribed by the Government of India.”
In January 2019, the Narendra Modi government at the Centre passed a Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament seeking to provide 10 per cent reservations for EWS in education and employment. People who have an annual income less than Rs 8 lakh, own less than five acres of farm land, have…