10% quota for General Category Poor almost
done
Parliament clears amendment Bill
Presidential approval next step before it
becomes law
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New
Delhi, January 9:
Parliament today approved amending the Constitution to provide 10 per cent reservation to General Category
poor in jobs and education, with the government terming the landmark move a
“slog over sixes”. A day after the Lok Sabha approved the Constitution
(124th Amendment) Bill, 2019, the Rajya Sabha passed the law with 165 voting in
favour and seven against. In the last leg of the legislative process, the Bill
will now go to the President for approval. And once it gets his assent, it will
become the law that will give economically weaker sections in the General
Category 10 per cent reservation in education as well as Central and state
government jobs.
The Bill was approved after the House rejected
a motion moved by Kanimozhi (DMK) and supported by Left parties for sending it
to a parliamentary select committee for scrutiny. Against 18 members
supporting, 155 opposed it and one member abstained. The Bill was approved after the House rejected five amendments moved by
Opposition members.
The quota will be over and above the existing
50 per cent reservation to SCs, STs and OBCs. Replying to the nearly eight-hour
debate in the Rajya Sabha, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand
Gehlot asked Congress how it would have implemented the promise it made in its
election manifesto of giving reservation to poor of General Category but by
amending the Constitution.
He said reservation to SC, ST and OBCs would
not be touched by the amendment and Opposition parties should have supported
the legislation, but without any ifs and buts. The changes in the Constitution
being made to provide the reservation will hold scrutiny of the Supreme Court,
he hoped. “Filling
up of jobs reserved for SC/STs and OBCs is an ongoing process,” he said,
adding: “The Bill is an attempt to benefit poor of General Category who have
been deprived so far.” While the
Opposition questioned the motive behind bringing the legislation just four
months before the General Election, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad used
cricketing analogy to justify the move: “Sixes are hit only in the slog overs
and more are in the pipeline.”
Disclaimer: This news has been shared in every newspaper, but we took this information from " The Tribune Newspaper" published on 10th Jan. 2019. So all the Rights of above information goes to this newspaper only.
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