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New Delhi : Department of Personnel & Training, which is handling the work of recruitment in Government service, has informed that they are not having the information regarding the number of persons who have availed the benefits of EWS reservation in appointment to Government service till date.
By virtue of Entry 41 of State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, the respective States are required to implement the provisions relating to State Public Services. As per available information, Uttrakhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Delhi , J&K , Goa, Assam, Telengana, and Andhra Pradesh have implemented ten per cent reservation to EWS.
A total of 2,14,766 additional seats were approved to be created to in the central educational institutions and an expenditure of Rs 4,315.15 crore was approved to be incurred to improve the infrastructure in the higher educational institutions, according to a PIB release. All vacant seats are being filled by the Universities as per the prescribed procedure.
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik in the Loksabha in a written reply on August 3, 2021.