About EWS:
- The Constitution (103rd) Amendment Act 2019 provides for the creation of the special EWS quota for reservation in employment and educational institutions.
- The act inserted clauses 15(6) and 16(6) in the Constitution.
- It EWS quota provides 10% reservation to people over and above the existing reservations.
- It was granted based on the recommendations of a commission headed by Major General (retd) SR Sinho.
- It enables both Centre and the states to provide reservation to the EWS category people.
Eligibility criteria:
- People who are not covered under the existing reservations for BCs, SCs, STs and whose gross annual family income is below Rs 8 lakh per annum.
Exclusion criteria: persons whose family owns or possesses any of the following assets shall be excluded
- 5 acres of Agricultural Land and above;
- Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above;
- Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities;
- Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the
notified municipalities.
