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Debjit Mukherjee: The Bihar Assembly on Thursday cleared a Bill to increase the reservations in government jobs and educational institutions from the existing 60% (including 10% mandated for the economically weaker sections by the Centre) to 75%.
The Bill provisions for an 18% quota for other backward classes (OBCs), 25% for extremely backward classes (EBCs), 20% for scheduled castes (SCs) and 2% for scheduled tribes (STs).
The decision comes two days after the proposal to increase the reservation was cleared by the Bihar cabinet in a special meeting.
