Jkhand assembly passes bill to raise govt job quota to 77%

Also OKs Legislation To Define Locals Based On 1932 Land Records

- Jaideep.Deogharia timesgroup.com

Ranchi: The JMM-led coalition government in Jharkhand passed two landmark bills by voice vote in the one-day special extended monsoon session of the assembly on Friday — one to define state locals based on the land survey records of 1932, popularly known as “khatiyan”, and the other to raise quotas for government jobs from 60% to 77%, including a jump in reservations for OBCs from 14% to 27%.

The government has said it will send a proposal to the Centre for their inclusion in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution after the governor’s assent makes them law as this would protect them from judicial review, make them “sacrosanct” and equip them with a “safety shield”.