Uttarakhand cabinet approves 10% quota for statehood agitators

Uttarakhand government has decided to provide 10 per cent “horizontal reservation” to statehood agitators and their dependents in government services.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting on Friday chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.

The government is likely to bring a bill in the monsoon session of the state assembly to provide the reservation.

Uttarakhand became a state in the year 2000 and was carved out of Uttar Pradesh.

The cabinet took several other decisions for the benefit of the people of the state.