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PM’s intervention sought for nod to quota Bill
Why it is in news?
- Telangana Chief Minister urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get early assent of the President to a Bill passed by the Telangana legislature in April last year,
- It provided for reservations to SCs, STs, BCs and minorities in excess of 50%, the cap fixed by the Constitution.
- The Governor had reserved the Bill for President’s assent as the matter was pending with the Home Ministry ever since it was passed by the legislature.
Backward classes statistics
- CM highlighted that the Supreme Court had not barred exceeding reservations beyond 50% if States made out a case showing compelling circumstances.
- Tamil Nadu had provided 69% reservation in this background.
- In the case of Telangana the proposed quota in the Bill was fixed beyond 50% because the backward communities alone constituted over 50% of the total population.
- Then, there were STs, whose population went up from 7.11% in combined AP to 9.08% in separate Telangana.
- The population of Muslims also increased from 9.56% to 12.68%.
- The State Commission for BCs hiked the reservation for Muslims in BC-E group from 4% to 12%.
- CM highlighted that except for fixation of the strength of judges in the ratio of 60:40 between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana there was no progress in the bifurcation of the High Court.
- He sought a grant of Rs. 20,000 crore from the Centre for completion of the Kaleswaram irrigation project, being implemented at a cost of Rs. 80,000 crore.
Unreasonable condition
- The non-release of fourth instalment of special assistance grant for development of backward areas although the utilisation certificates were submitted by the State government.
- This are some issues addressed by CM of telangana.
Source
The Hindu