New Delhi | The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed Constitution (124 Amendment) Bill, 2019 which will provide reservation for economically weaker section of the society in higher educational institutions.
Out of the 326 member present for voting, 323 member voted in favour of the bill while only 3 members voted in opposition to the bill.
Lok Sabha passes Constitution (124 Amendment) Bill, 2019 with 323 'ayes'. The bill will provide reservation for economically weaker section of the society in higher educational institutions pic.twitter.com/mzsHxQoUva
— ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2019
In a major move ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Union Cabinet on December 7 cleared a 10 percent job and education quota for “economically weaker” sections of upper castes. The proposed reservation will be over and above the existing 50 percent reservation enjoyed by the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes, taking the total reservation to 60 percent.
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