In a landmark decision, the Haryana Cabinet on Thursday decided to grant reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Castes. It also accepted the report submitted by the Committee constituted to assess or examine the backwardness and inadequacy of representation of Scheduled Castes in promotion in the State Government Services.
Speaking about the Cabinet decision, Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu said the Committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary P. Raghavendra Rao had submitted its report to the government based on data received from government departments and public sector undertakings. The Committee had analysed data of 3,81,847 employees of all categories in group A, B, C and D in public appointment of the State Government.
Upon analysis of the data, it had concluded that there was inadequate representation of the Scheduled Castes in comparison to their proportional representation in the total population of the State.
