# Economicaly Weaker Section.
In India, the economically weaker section is a subcategory of those people, whose annual income is less than 8 lakh and who do not own land of more than 5 acres. Reservation on Economic Status. And also those people who are not availing a belong to any category like scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, and another backward caste in India.
# 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act
103 Constitution Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament and passed by both Houses of Parliament. On 14 January 2019, it come into force. This Constitution Amendment amends articles 15 (6)and 16 (6)of the Indian Constitution. Reservation on Economic Status. This amendment allowed the provision of a 10% reservation for EWS category people. And it was also approved by many state cabinets and moved forward to implement it.
In this reservation policy, 10% reservation is given to unreserved or GENERAL -EWS category in government jobs and educational institutions. Reservation on Economic Status. Many NGO groups are raising voices against the 10% reservation for EWS category people in the Apex Court of India.
# Eligibility for the economically weaker section :
1) Annual monthly income of a family has to be less than 8lakh.
2) family must not own more than 5 acres of agricultural land.
3) The residential flat area should be below 1000 sq ft.
4) The residential plot’s area should be below 100 square yards if it is in a notified municipality sector. And
5) The residential plot’s area should be below 200 square yards if in a non-notified municipality sector.
However, see are given authority or power to change or amend the eligibility criteria. Even States can also extend the income limit.
Although the eligibility criteria for EWS reservations in the union government programs are uniform all over India, its implementation in various states differs. For instance, in Maharashtra, the maha Vikas aghadi government announced that the Maratha community people can also avail of the profit of a 10% reservation in the EWS quota. Reservation on Economic Status.
# Debate over EWS quota
An NGO, which is youth for equality, challenges this amendment in the Supreme Court of India on the basis of the 50% reservations ceiling set by the same court.
Simultaneously Court received many petitions of PIL against this amendment.
During an earlier stage of the case, an advocate who is representing the group of petitioners i.e Mohan Gopal told in Supreme Court that this amendment is a fraud on the constitution.
Also a lawyer Ravi Verma Kumar said that the law discriminates on grounds of caste and religion, even also violating the right of a person to avail himself of equal opportunities to public employment. Which is the basic structure of the Constitution. Reservation on Economic Status. Mr. Ravi Kumar also said that the court should take note on the back the population of this category people is 5% and this law is providing 10 % reservation to them in government jobs institutions.
Those peoples who are availing of the reservation under EWS Kota are not completely satisfied with this. The reason is that this amendment does not improve other benefits like age relaxation, fee relaxation, post-metric scholarship, and so on. Reservation on Economic Status. Right now, 5 judges on the constitutional Bench examining that, other this reservation or 10% quota violates the basic structure of the constitution or not.
Currently, On this reservation 5 judgment led by Chief Justice of India U. U Lalit asked some questions to the Centre like the necessity for the state’s affirmative action to curve out and EWS Kota from the general or unreserved category. Reservation on Economic Status.
Court also asked Central Government that by taking 10% from 50% of the general category and reduce it to 40%. , it is not diminishing the chances of the meritorious candidates to compete in that Arena?
# Union Government stands for EWS quota
In a stand of this reservation, Central Government submitted that the EWS quota was not an addition to the 50% caste-based reservation already available to the backward class but was cut from the remaining 50% seat in the general open or nonreserved category. Reservation on Economic Status.
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