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Cabinet approves new bill for SC/ST reservations BS Reporter / New Delhi October 08, 2008, 20:15 IST The Union Cabinet today approved a new legislation that would seek imposition of penalty on officers, who are found guilty of not filling the quota of reservations for the scheduled tribes (ST) and scheduled castes (SC) in the central government. The Cabinet approved introduction of a new bill in the Parliament to his effect. This bill is aimed at helping the SC and ST communities in a major way as the proposed law would seek to create "unambiguous, coherent and authentic framework for the implementation of reservations for the SC and ST" in the central government services. The bill approved by the Cabinet in its meeting today, comes after shocking revelations that a large chunk of reserved jobs for the two communities were lying vacant for years together. The Cabinet also decided to withdraw an earlier bill that was placed in the Rajya Sabha in 2007. This particular bill, which was examined by a group of ministers and also a Parliamentary Standing committee, had also included the other backward classes (OBC). However, the proposed legislation seeks to keep OBCs out of this legislation.
