New Delhi: The Centre knowledgeable the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that there was no proposal to extend reservation for Different Backward Castes as per inhabitants within the native physique elections.
Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Kapil Moreshwar Patil, throughout the Query Hour in Rajya Sabha, stated OBCs are supplied one-third reservation below Article 243D of the Structure.
“Nevertheless, 21 state governments have elevated the reservation as much as 50 per cent. The member has sought rising the reservation for OBCs as per the inhabitants within the native physique elections. There is no such thing as a such proposal earlier than us,” he stated.
In native our bodies, there’s a 50 per cent reservation for girls. Below this quota, there’s a provision to accommodate OBCs, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Patil added.
Nevertheless, the state governments have the suitable to supply reservations for OBCs.
“On this topic, the states ought to take a name at their degree,” the Union minister stated whereas replying to a different supplementary query.
He stated native physique elections couldn’t be held in Maharashtra as a result of OBC quota problem. The Supreme Courtroom has stated that the reservation can’t be elevated past 50 per cent with out empirical information.
About girls’s reservation in native our bodies, Patil stated the Centre has made a number of efforts to empower elected girls panchayat leaders, together with offering them six months of coaching. There was an increase within the participation of girls within the governance course of, he stated.
The minister was responding to queries raised by YSRCP MP Ryaga Krishnaiyya, the DMK’s P Wilson and NCP chief Vandana Chavan.
Responding to a different query, Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda stated the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) with a price range outlay of Rs 24,000 crore was being applied from this 12 months to undertake tribal welfare initiatives.
“It is without doubt one of the largest Central schemes concentrating on the tribal neighborhood’s growth and goals to uplift the notably susceptible tribal teams (PVTG),” he stated.
Within the earlier five-year plans, PVGT teams with lower than 500 members weren’t lined which led to backwardness of many tribal communities. Nevertheless the PM-JANMAN scheme targets to empower PVGT teams with 100 members, he stated.
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