On Tuesday, the government of Madhya Pradesh further took an important step forward towards the empowerment of women by upscaling the 35% reservation quota given to the state's women on all its government services.
The same decision was adopted in a cabinet meeting at Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. Presently, the percentage reservation for women was only 33% as of the present time.
Deputy Chief Minister, Rajendra Shukla, claimed that 2 percent rise in women reservation was going to be implemented at all costs, right from tomorrow.
Deputy Chief Minister further claimed that the State Government was well-equipped to start its major recruitments in most of its departments majorly focusing on the public health of the state government services and 35 percent of those seats were going to be reserved for women.
The approval for increasing the reservation for women came one year after the announcement was made during the previous BJP government in October last year, one month before the state Assembly elections held in November 2023.
It was one of the key poll promises the BJP had made to the people during the Assembly elections.
"Today's cabinet decision to increase reservation for women is fulfilling the promises made by the BJP. It is also our commitment to empower women," Shukla said.
Increasing reservation for women is the second major step from the BJP government within a period of one year after 'Ladli Bhena Yojana', a cash incentive scheme was introduced last year.
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