BPSC Recruitment 2019: Now, Bihar government jobs to have 10% quota for General Category poor

BPSC recruitment 2019: New government jobs in Bihar will have 10% quota for the poor among the General Category candidates.  The Government of Bihar has implemented the 10% reservation for the economically weaker candidates in the General Category. The state administration will now prepare the roster for filling vacant seats in different departments while keeping in view the new reservation rules. A report by Hindi daily Prabhat Khabar today said that the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has returned all appointment-related ads it had received from various departments. The returned ads included the ad for the appointment of assistant professors in engineering college and polytechnics. 

The government departments have been told to send a fresh requisition to the BPSC and SSC after preparing reservation roster with the 10% quota for the General Category poor. 

The report said that a few departments have already sent the revised roster to the BPSC. 

Upcoming government jobs in Bihar will now have 10% quota for the General Category poor. 

The central government approved the 10% reservation for the economically backward upper castes in jobs and education early this year. Later, this also got the approval of both houses of the Parliament. 

The Bihar Legislative Assembly had passed the Bill providing 10% reservation for the economically weaker section in the General category in February this year. Before Bihar,  Maharashtra Cabinet approved the 10% reservation rules for the General category poor in government jobs and educational institutions across the state on February 4.

Other states where the new reservation rule has been implemented include Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam, etc.

The 10% reservation for the General Category poor is over and above the existing 50 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes.