Morning Digest | Bihar seeks to raise quota to 65% after tabling caste survey; four tribals abducted from Manipur checkpoint, and more

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Bihar seeks to raise quota to 65% after tabling caste survey

The Bihar Cabinet has approved a proposal to increase reservations in the State for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) to 65%, from the current 50% quota, crossing the ceiling set by the Supreme Court. A Bill to implement the hike will be introduced on November 9, during the ongoing Winter Session of the State Assembly.

Mother, 3 family members of soldier abducted by mob in Manipur; father injured

Four tribals, members of a soldier’s family, including his mother are missing after they were snatched by a mob when their vehicle was stopped at a security checkpoint near Kangchup Chingkhong village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Tuesday, a defence source said.

Yadavs hold most government jobs among OBCs, finds Bihar’s caste-based survey

Social, economic and educational data from the State government’s caste-based survey report was tabled by Parliamentary Affairs Department Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary in the Bihar Assembly on Tuesday, the second day of the winter session, in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The report was tabled in both Houses, and copies of it were distributed among legislators.

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