June 4, 2019 8:21 AM

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MP Cabinet passes resolution to increase reservation for OBCs to 27 %

<span style="color: #222222;">Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has passed a resolution to increase reservation quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) from existing 14 per cent to 27 per cent. <br />''<br />''The matter will now be taken up in the monsoon session of the state Assembly. <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that the move will lead to reservation in the state breaching the Supreme Court-mandated 50 per cent cap to reach 63 per cent. <br />''<br />''If implemented, Madhya Pradesh will become the only state in the country to have a 27 per cent quota for OBCs. <br />''<br />''The Madhya Pradesh government passed an Ordinance on March 9 to implement the quota. However, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had stayed the Ordinance on March 19. Now the resolution will be taken in the monsoon session of the state assembly.</span><br />

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