CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -A panel headed by the retired judge, KS Sasidharan Nair, was appointed by the government to set the criteria for EWS in the state.

Detailed explanation-2: -The three-member committee includes economic experts - former finance secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Indian Council of Social Science Research member secretary Prof VK Malhotra and principal economic advisor Sanjeev Sanyal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in India is a subcategory of people belonging to the Economy Based Un-Reserved Category having an annual family income less than ₹8 lakh (US, 000) and who do not belong to any category such as SC/ST/OBC across India, nor to MBC in Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-4: -EWS reservation was granted based on the recommendations of a commission headed by Major General (retd) S R Sinho. The Commission for Economically Backward Classes was constituted by the then UPA government in 2005, and submitted its report in July 2010.