Nagaland sets up panel to review decades-old reservation policy

The Nagaland government Monday constituted a commission to examine the decades-old reservation policy of the state, according to a notification.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

The panel was set up two days after an association comprising five major tribes of the northeastern state set a 10-day ultimatum to the government to address the issue.

The protestors argued that the policy, which has been in place since 1977, no longer reflects the current socioeconomic and educational realities of the various communities in the state.

The Commission, headed by retired bureaucrat R Ra-makrishnan, would review the job reservation policy in the government sector and recommend a framework for equitable representation of various tribes, stated the notification.