Union Cabinet approves 10% reservation in jobs for economically weaker upper castes  

The Union Cabinet on Monday, December 7 approved a 10% reservation for ‘economically backward’ upper castes in government jobs.

This decision comes ahead of the General Elections this year, Modi led government government has announced reservation in jobs for those belonging to the upper castes and earning less than ₹8 lakh per year, sources said.

The government will move a bill to amend Article 15 and 16 of the constitution in Parliament to this effect.

The Supreme Court has capped the quota for caste-based reservation for government jobs at 50%.

"The reservation will be given to those economically backward poor people who are not availing the benefit of reservation as of now," a source said.