K Chandrashekhar Rao announces 2 per cent quota for sportspersons in govt jobs
He made this announcement when a team of 18 sportspersons, who participated in the recent Commonwealth Games, met him.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday announced 2 per cent reservation in state government jobs for sportspersons to encourage sports activities in the state. He made this announcement when a team of 18 sportspersons, who participated in the recent Commonwealth Games, met him.
However, this additional two per cent quota will not make reservations cross the Supreme Court stipulated limit of overall 50 per cent quota. This is because this sports quota is implemented as ‘horizontal reservation’ which means it will be part of the existing 50 per cent quota being provided to OCs, BCs, SCs, and STs. The two per cent sports quota will be part of the 29 per cent reservations for BCs (including four per cent for Muslims under BC-E), 15 per cent for SCs and six per cent for STs.
This horizontal quota for sports is already in force for admissions into professional courses and is now being extended to government jobs.
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Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday announced 2 per cent reservation in state government jobs for sportspersons to encourage sports activities in the state.
Horizontal quota means the reservations given to physically challenged, children of Armed personnel, NCC and sports within the existing quotas for OCs, SCs, STs and BCs. The quota is applicable to sportspersons who excel in state, national and international-level sporting events.
The sportspersons who met the CM include: Saina Nehwal (Badminton), P.V. Sindhu (Badminton), Srikanth Kidambi (Badminton), Rankireddy Satwik Sairaj (Badminton), N. Sikkireddy (Badminton), G. Ruthvika Shivani (Badminton), Hasamuddin Mohammed (Boxing), Aruna Budda Reddy (Gymnastics), Meghana Gundlapally (Gymnastics), Kynan Darius Cheni (Shooting), Gagan Narang (Shooting), H.S.K. Prannoy (Badminton), Pranav Chopra (Badminton), Chirag Shetty (Badminton), Ashwini Ponnappa (Badminton), Sharath Kamal Achanta (Table Tennis) and Ragala Venkat Rahul (Weight Lifting).
They belong to Telangana, AP, Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The CM had a word of praise for their participation and for bringing laurels to the country and the state. Rao felicitated each and every participant with a bouquet and a shawl. He also interacted individually with everyone, complementing them for their achievements.