Jammu, Dec 2 || The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will be meeting here on Wednesday to take some important decisions, including changes in the job reservation policy.
Official sources said the chief minister has called the meeting at 9 a.m. at the civil secretariat in the winter capital Jammu, where major decisions, including an increase in the open merit quota in government jobs and professional institutions, are likely to be taken.
”To amend the Reservation Rules to rationalise quotas in certain categories, especially Residents of Backward Areas (RBA) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), to accommodate the proposed hike in Open Merit quota by capping the EWS quota at a maximum of 10 per cent, will be announced.
Reservations under the RBA quota, once as high as 20 per cent, have already been reduced to 10 per cent amid concerns that influential individuals benefited disproportionately from this quota. The Government needs to cut around 10 per cent from various categories, excluding those mandated by Parliament like SC, ST, and OBC, to enhance Open Merit to 40 per cent," the officials said.