The government has announced 10% reservation in jobs and higher education for those belonging to the economically backward sections of the general category.

The government aims to provide the aid of reservation to economically backward poor people who are not availing the benefit of reservation as of now.

As per the reports, those with annual family income below Rs 8 lakhs and owning less than five acres of land will be provided reservations. This 10% reservation would beover and above the existing 50 per cent reservation. The government plans to introduce a constitutional amendment to amend Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution for providing reservations.

Does it violate Supreme Court Judgments?
In the landmark verdict of Supreme Court in the Mandal case, the Supreme Court had held that the proposal to provide 10% Reservation for Other economically backward sections of the people who are not covered by any of the existing schemes of Reservationa as constitutionally invalid. The Supreme Court had held that mere economic backwardness or mere educational backwardness which is not the result of social backwardness cannot be the criterion of backwardness in Article 16 (4).