Where do the disabled fall in Bihar? Are they included in the EBS category? please enlighten http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160120/jsp/frontpage/story_64794.jsp Patna, Jan. 19: The state cabinet today cleared the general administration department's proposal to grant 35 per cent reservation to women in all government jobs.
The decision is part of the seven promises that chief minister Nitish Kumar had made to the people before the Assembly elections. >From now on, 35 per cent of vacant posts in government will be filled up by women aspirants. At present, 16 per cent reservation is for people belonging to the Scheduled Castes, one per cent for the Scheduled Tribes, 18 per cent for extremely backward classes (EBC), 12 per cent for other backward classes (OBCs) and three per cent for women. The remaining 50 per cent is for the general category. Briefing reporters after the meeting, principal secretary, cabinet coordination, Brajesh Mehrotra clarified that the existing quota of three per cent for women would remain. The 35 per cent quota will be for all other categories. So for example, if the government advertises for 200 vacant posts and 50 per cent of that, i.e. 100, are in the general category, then 35 of these posts will be kept aside for women. The same formula will be applied for the other categories - SC, ST, EBC and OBC. Nitish had earlier made a provision for reservation of 35 per cent for women in the recruitment of police constabulary in the state and 50 per cent in panchayats and local bodies, decisions that yielded rich dividends during the elections. Principal secretary Mehrotra said that in the absence of eligible women candidates, the seats would be filled with male candidates in the respective reserved categories and that too during the same year of recruitment. After winning the elections in November, Nitish has been working on fulfilling his promises made prior to the polls. He has already announced a ban on sale of country liquor from April 1. In another important decision taken today, the cabinet passed the Right to Bihar Public Grievance Redressal Ordinance 2016, fixing accountability of public servants and making provisions for punishment for their failure to provide services within the specified time frame. Though the Bihar Public Grievance Redressal Bill was passed in 2015 and was subsequently enforced in the state, it was lacking on several counts. Under the new rule, the public servants would have to explain the reason for the delay in rendering services to the aggrieved. Mehrotra said there would be no fee levied on the services. Counters would be set up at different places across the state to collect applications from the people. The officers earmarked for the job would review the complaints on a weekly basis and work out solutions. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
