Uttarakhand implements 10 per cent EWS quota

Uttarakhand Lok Seva Adhyadesh, 2019, was brought into force on February 5 in line with the Centre's decision to give 10 per cent reservation to the poor in the unreserved categories through a constitutional amendment, additional chief secretary personnel Radha Raturi said on Wednesday.

Uttarakhand has thus become the second state in the country after Gujarat where quota for the economically weak in the unreserved categories has been implemented, she said.