CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Gujarat becomes 1st State to implement 10% EWS Quota.

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in government jobs and educational institutions in a 3-2 verdict, saying it did not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.