10 per cent Economically Weaker Sections quota in Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday issued orders to implement 10 per cent Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) reservations for eligible people in admissions to educational institutions and appointments who are not covered under any form of reservation. "The persons who are not covered under the existing scheme of reservations for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the socially and educationally backward classes are to be identified as EWS for the benefit of reservations," said Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das. The EWS reservation kicks in for the current and subsequent academic years.

According to the order, the gross annual family income should be below Rs 8 lakh to be eligible for the EWS reservations, including from all sources of income such as salary, agriculture, business, profession and others prior to the year of application.

"The term family for this will include the person who seeks benefit of reservation, his parents and siblings below the age of 18 years as also his spouse and children below the age of 18 years," he said. Likewise, one-third or 33 per cent of seats enhanced for this purpose of accommodating EWS category students will be earmarked for women candidates, which is horizontal.