The Chhattisgarh government has constituted a panel to look into the various aspects of the Constitution’s 103rd amendment that provides for 10% reservation for economically weaker sections in government jobs and admission in various educational institutes.
An order in this regard issued by the General Administration Department states that the reservation provision will be based on Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011. The panel will also examined 27% reservation provisions for other backward category and other existing reservation provisions.
Additional chief secretary finance will chair the committee while principal secretary, GAD will be member secretary. The committee will also have principal secretary, law and legal affairs department, secretary revenue and natural calamity management, secretary, tribal welfare and Scheduled Caste development department and secretary social welfare department as members.
The panel has been directed to submit its report at the earliest.