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Reservation for kapu’s
December 3 , 2017
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- Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed Kapu Reservation Bill, 2017 to provide 5% quota in education and employment.
- The kapu, Telaga, Balija and ontari communities would get the quota under the new category ‘F’
- With this reservation, it will take the total quota in the state to 55 per cent, which is more than 50 per cent limit restricted by the Supreme Court.
- The bill will be sent to the Centre for its consent which is necessary to include this reservation in the 9th Schedule to get insulate from judicial review.
- The Kapu community, with 27 per cent population in the state of Andhra Pradesh, has been demanding reservations for decades.
- In 2016, Manjunath Commission was set up to recommend quota for Kapus and it has submitted its report.
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