Governor returns bill passed to raise reservation to 77 percent in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Governor C P Radhakrishnan returned the Jharkhand Reservation in Vacancies of Posts and Services (Amendment) Bill, 2022, a bill related to increasing the limit of reservation for OBCs and other categories in Jharkhand.

The government had got the bill passed in haste on November 11 last year after having feared losing power in view of the Election Commission’s opinion to disqualify Hemant Soren as an MLA in an office of profit case.

The bill stipulated to increase the reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for Other Backward Communities in the state from 14 to 27 percent.

The bill also increased reservations for Scheduled Tribes from 26 to 28 percent and SCs from 10 to 12 percent. With this, the percentage of total reservation in Jharkhand will be 77 percent, including 10 percent for economically weaker sections (EWS) among forward castes.