CURRENT AFFAIRS

2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first Indian state to implement 10 % quota to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of general category.
A
Punjab
B
Gujarat
C
Kerala
D
Andra Pradesh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gujarat has become the first state to provide 10 percent reservation in jobs and educational institutions to the economically weaker sections in the general category, starting today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. Gujarat has become the first state to provide a 10% reservation in jobs and educational institutions to the economically weaker sections in the general category.

Detailed explanation-3: -EWS quota was implemented in 2019 PM Modi-led the government brought the EWS quota in 2019, by bringing103rd amendments to the Indian constitution. The provision of the EWS quota was added in clause 6 of Article 15 and Article 16 of the constitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -A majority of a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court today upheld the validity of the 103rd Amendment of the Constitution which provides 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs.

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