04-23-2007, 03:05 AM
<b>Orissa to cut OBC quota in govt jobs</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi: While the controversy over the Centre's move for quota in elite educational institutions rages on, Orissa government said on Sunday that it is contemplating to bring a bill in the next session to reduce reservation percentage for OBC candidates in government jobs.
The reservation for the<b> OBC candidates could be reduced to 11 per cent from current 27 per cent. </b>The OBC candidates were getting 27 per cent reservation in jobs since December 1994.<b> Nearly 65 per cent of seats were now kept reserved </b>for different categories of candidates in government jobs.
<b>''This is to contain the total ratio of reservation within 50 per cent in accordance with the Supreme Court interim order and a recent Orissa High Court judgement in this regard,'</b>' Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Development, Minorities and Backward Class Welfare Minister C.P Majhi told PTI
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The reservation for the<b> OBC candidates could be reduced to 11 per cent from current 27 per cent. </b>The OBC candidates were getting 27 per cent reservation in jobs since December 1994.<b> Nearly 65 per cent of seats were now kept reserved </b>for different categories of candidates in government jobs.
<b>''This is to contain the total ratio of reservation within 50 per cent in accordance with the Supreme Court interim order and a recent Orissa High Court judgement in this regard,'</b>' Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Development, Minorities and Backward Class Welfare Minister C.P Majhi told PTI
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