Ninety page EWS report is going to be submitted in Pinnacle court this week

The three-member committee formed to check the eligibility for 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in educational institutions and government jobs has finalised a 90-page report, which will be submitted to the Top Court this week along with the government's affidavit.

The three-member committee formed to review the criteria for 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in educational institutions and government jobs has finalised a 90-page report, which will be submitted to the Supreme Court this week along with the government's affidavit.

As per sources, no changes have been recommended by the committee in the quota limit of Rs 8 lakh per annum for general classes to avail of the 10 per cent EWS reservation quota. The committee has also found that 91 per cent of the students who availed of the EWS quota in NEET 2020 had an annual family income below Rs 5 lakh. Similar data points for UPSC and JEE were also provided by the committee.

The committee members include former finance secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, principal economic advisor to the government of India Sanjeev Sanyal, and Indian Council of Social Science Research member secretary Prof VK Malhotra. It was constituted following the intervention of the SC, which had expressed doubts regarding the EWS quota. The next hearing will be on January 6.

The SC had questioned the government on how the income limit of Rs 8 lakh per annum was reached following which the government said it will re-examine the EWS quota.

The committee's report will be submitted before the Supreme Court in sealed cover along with the government's affidavit.