Chhattisgarh Affairs
Chhattisgarh govt replies to governors queries over 76 per cent reservation bills
Amidst the impasse over reservation, the Chhattisgarh government has replied to the 10-point queries raised by governor Anusuiya Uikey over the bills, passed by a special session of the legislative assembly, for enhancing the states overall reservation to 76 per cent.
Am imbroglio over reservation is prevailing in Chhattisgarh after the state set aside a 2012 State Government order enhancing the overall reservation to 58 per cent.
The high court had also held that any reservation over and above 50 per cent was unconstitutional.
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Over half of these blocks are in 6 statesUttar Pradesh (68 blocks), Bihar (61), Madhya Pradesh (42), Jharkhand (34), Odisha (29) and West Bengal (29).
However, states can add more blocks to the programme later.
Kerala Chief Minister(CM)Pinarayi Vijayanhas inaugurated thePalm leaf Manuscript Museumwith modern audio-visual technology at the renovated Central Archives, Fort area in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Museum, promoted asWorlds First Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museumwas set up by the Archives Department in association with the Kerala Museum of History and Heritage at a cost of Rs 3 crore.
The museum is a repository of curious nuggets of administrative, socio-cultural and economic facets of the Travancore kingdom which lasted for 650 years till the end of the 19th century. It had been the Central Vernacular Records Office since 1887 before becoming a museum.