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Domicile based Job Quota
August 25 , 2020
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- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan recently made announcement that that the state government jobs will only be given to the "children of the state".
- But the following Article of Indian Constitution clearly prohibits discrimination based on place of birth.
- Article 16: This Article prohibits states from discriminating in matters of employment on grounds of place of birth or residence.
- Article 16(2): It states that in respect of employment or office in the state, no citizen should be discriminated on the grounds of "religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them".
- Exception in Article 16(3): This clause provides an exception by stating that the Parliament can form a law “prescribing” the requirement of residence for jobs in any state.
- However, this can only be done by Parliament, not by state legislatures.
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