CM Fadnavis plans separate quota for orphans to help them bag Maharashtra govt jobs

Posts for which the Maharashtra Public Services Commission conducts exams, as well as other services, will have a quota, the CM said

Maharashtra is mulling a separate quota in state government services for orphans. Chief Minster Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that orders initiating the quota in posts for which the Maharashtra Public Services Commission (MPSC) conducts exams, as well as other government services, will be issued soon.

Chief Minster Devendra Fadnavis made the announcement while speaking at an award function at Raj Bhavan, Malabar Hill, on Wednesday. (HT File Photo)

The announcement came after the CM came across the case of a young woman who had passed the MPSC exams but did not qualify for a job as she did not make it to the merit list’s open category. She had secured sufficient marks to qualify in the reserved categories, but she had no caste certificate as she is an orphan.

Fadnavis has assured the young woman that the state government will create an independent category to benefit orphans who are unable to establish their castes.

“We have decided to create a quota for such students in MPSC and other exams. A decision will be taken soon in this respect to ensure that youngsters who have been brought up as orphans are given reservation in government jobs,” Fadnavis said on Wednesday, while speaking at an award function organised by the Mantralaya Ani Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh at Raj Bhavan, Malabar Hill.