General category quota bill in Rajya Sabha: Upper House adjourned till 12 pm
January 09, 2019 11:56 ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi were present in the Lower House when the bill was passed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi were present in the Lower House when the bill was passed.
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Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, on Tuesday passed a landmark bill to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for the general category poor with most parties backing the proposed legislation. The government described it as historic and in the country's interest.
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As the ruling party and its allies hailed the quota as historic, Congress and others said that it was party's way of fooling people weeks ahead of the polls.
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Keeping an eye on upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Narendra Modi government on Monday approved 10 per cent reservation for economically backward upper castes in jobs and educational institutions.
To implement the decision, the NDA government will require to push for a Constitutional amendment to increase the limit of quota from a maximum of 50 per cent to 60 per cent.
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