Summary:
State government spokesperson Shrikant Sharma said, the 10% quota will not affect any other quota. “A circular has to be issued by the Centre where it will define the normative criteria to identify someone economically backward. A maximum of 10% reservation for economically backward in the general category is also available in outsourced jobs in the government sector. The total reservation in government jobs and aided education institutes is now 59.5%. On the question of who is ‘economically backward’, a senior official of the social welfare department said, UP would stick to guidelines issued by the Centre..