The Union Government has decided to review ₹8 lakh annual income cap so as to identify the economically weaker sections (EWS) for providing 10% quota in public jobs and educational institutions as well.
A Supreme Court bench, on Thursday was headed by Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and was informed about the Centre’s decision by solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta. SG Tushar Mehta submitted that the government will revisit the annual income criteria by constituting a committee for this purpose.
Representing the Centre, Mehta told the bench, “I have instructions to say that the government has decided to revisit the criteria for EWS. We will form a committee and decide within four weeks… we will be revisiting the economically weaker section criteria reservation and take a call”.
