MP Cabinet passes resolution to increase reservation for OBCs to 27%

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has passed a resolution to increase reservation quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) from existing 14 per cent to 27 per cent. 

The matter will now be taken up in the monsoon session of the state Assembly. 

The move will lead to reservation in the state breaching the Supreme Court-mandated 50 per cent cap to reach 63 per



cent. 

If implemented, Madhya Pradesh will become the only state in the country to have a 27 per cent quota for OBCs. 

The Madhya Pradesh government passed an Ordinance on March 9 to implement the quota. However, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had stayed the Ordinance on March 19. Now the resolution will be taken in the monsoon session of the state assembly.