The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday evening granted 10 per cent reservation in jobs to Pahari and other communities that have been declared Scheduled Tribes (STs) and also declared 15 new castes as OBCs.
Criticism that the normative appeal of affirmative action will be diluted by introduction of economic quota is ill-founded
The unreserved category itself is a class and it is not an option for the State to effect reservations on the grounds that a part of this section is economically weaker as envisaged by the government
