{"id":859,"date":"2025-06-18T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/?p=859"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T06:29:20","slug":"10-ews-reservation-how-will-it-affect-your-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/10-ews-reservation-how-will-it-affect-your-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"10% EWS Reservation \u2013 How will it affect your chances of getting a government job?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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10% EWS Reservation \u2013 How will it affect your chances. The Central Government of India recently introduced EWS Reservation. 10% quota is provided for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) among General Category candidates in government jobs and educational institutions. This is done by adding clauses for the same in the Indian Constitution (103rd Constitution Amendment Act, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you thinking that the 10% Reservation for EWS won\u2019t affect you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are probably wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irrespective of your category \u2013 General, OBC, SC, or ST \u2013 the new \nquota act (unless struck down by the Supreme Court of India), will \nchange the seats-share accessible to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total number of seats you can target = Reservation Quota + Merit Quota<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes, that\u2019s how reservation + merit works in India!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government had said that the reservation of EWS of general \ncategory will be given without tampering the existing reservation quotas\n for SC, ST and OBCs people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that\u2019s only half of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if your reservation quota<\/a> is untouched, the merit quota can shrink!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, it will. This is because the new reservation for EWS is carved out from the existing merit quota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In how many seats can you compete once EWS Reservation Quota is introduced?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you belong to general merit, you can compete only in 40.50% seats as 59.50 seats are reserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are an ST, you can compete in 48% seats (7.5% reservation quota seats+ 40.5% merit seats).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same lines, SC category candidates can compete in 55.5% seats \n(15% reservation quota seats+ 40.5% merit seats) while OBC category \ncandidates can target 67.5% seats (27 % reservation quota seats+ 40.5% \nmerit seats).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before and After EWS Reservation Quota Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The above analysis shows that irrespective of your category, the \nnumber of seats in which each category can compete has come down (except\n General EWS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there are 1000 vacancies, General Merit candidates have to be on the top 405 ranks to get a selection (in this case, 595 seats are reserved, which need fewer cutoff marks as well).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t fall under EWS, you will have 10% fewer jobs or seats!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anybody who does not fall under EWS criteria (SC, ST, OBC, or General) will now have 10% fewer jobs to target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, OBCs<\/a>\n who could earlier target 77.5% seats (27% reserved and 50.5% general \nmerit) will now see their competitive pool coming down to 67.5% (27% \nreserved and 40.5% general merit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you were from SC category, earlier you had access to 65.50% seats, but now it is only 55.50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pool of ST shrank from 58% to 48%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And most importantly, the merit quota decreased from 50.50% earlier to 40.50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does the EWS Reservation bring? Inclusion or exclusion?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new changes paint a darker picture of the exclusion aspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, about 60% of seats are excluded from the general merit category.\n They can\u2019t compete in these seats \u2013 because these seats are reserved \nfor somebody else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everybody \u2013 except EWS \u2013 lost 10% seats. ST\u2019s are excluded from 52% \nseats, and SCs are excluded from 44.50% seats. OBC too lost 10% seats, \nhowever, their position is relatively better \u2013 excluded only from 32.50%\n seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who will gain from EWS reservation (apart from political parties)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economically weaker sections should be uplifted. There is no second question about that. Whether reservation should be used as a tool for the same \u2013 for EWS or any other community \u2013 is another question. In fact, it\u2019s time to bring reforms to the Reservation System in India. We have already written about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever be the case, as the Constitutional Amendment is already made, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) among General category will now get a fixed quota of seats (10%). Into these 10% seats (this will work out only less than100 seats in-case of UPSC Civil Services Exam<\/a>, other categories \u2013 OBC, SC, ST, or General Merit \u2013 cannot get into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, if the number of attempts and upper age limit is relaxed for General EWS, more candidates from the General category can now write UPSC Prelims<\/a> (or other government jobs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case of other categories, though their respective reservation \nquotas are untouched, the effective seats that can be targeted will come\n down (as seen from the charts above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How will the EWS quota affect your selection in UPSC Civil Services Exam (CSE)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cut-offs for General Merit may increase, as there are fewer seats now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, there are chances of more candidates to apply, as there may be relaxations in age limit and number of chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What should you do now? All you need to do now is to be a little more serious and approach UPSC CSE strategically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t waste time. It\u2019s time to start your intense preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The implementation of these changes depends on the review by the Supreme Court, and if the Court declares the new Act as null and void, the situation will change to what existed before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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