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Ravindra Bhati Demands EWS Reservation Reforms: Fee Exemptions & End to Office Visits.
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News18•22-09-2026, 19:15
Ravindra Bhati Demands EWS Reservation Reforms: Fee Exemptions & End to Office Visits.
- •Independent MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati from Shiv has called for practical improvements in the EWS reservation system.
- •Bhati stated that economically weaker families should receive equal opportunities and youth should not have to repeatedly visit offices.
- •He demanded that EWS eligibility should include agricultural land productivity, irrigation facilities, and local land prices, not just land limits.
- •Bhati sought to extend EWS certificate validity from 3 to 5 years and provide age limit and examination fee concessions similar to other reserved categories.
- •He also demanded special provisions for representation for the EWS category in three-tier Panchayati Raj and local body elections.
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Independent MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati demanded that the annual hassle of obtaining certificates should be abolished by extending the validity of EWS certificates from 3 to 5 years.
Bhati stated that determining eligibility solely by acres or bighas is wrong, demanding that agricultural land productivity, irrigation facilities, and local land prices be included.
He demanded that EWS candidates should be granted appropriate age limit and examination fee concessions, similar to the benefits provided to other reserved categories.
