Union Cabinet Clears Reservation For Jat Community Under OBC quota
The
Union Cabinet on 2 March cleared reservation for the Jat community
under the central list of OBC (other backward castes quota) category in
nine northern states. The decision would pave the way for the community
members to avail benefits of reservation in central government jobs and
central education institutions as per the existing norms. The Central
list of OBCs for the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Madhya pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarrakhand, Uttar Pradesh and the
National capital territory of Delhi will include the Jat community.
DMIC project Launched In UP
Union
Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma and Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav on 2 March launched the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial
Corridor (DMIC) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. With the launch of DMIC in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh is poised to go through a transformation in terms
of industrialisation and generation of employment.This is because Uttar
Pradesh is the meeting point of the Eastern and the Western Corridors.