Gandhinagar, 13 October 2014

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today took a decision to increase women reservation in state government jobs by 03%. With this there’s now 33% reservation for women in government jobs, up from 30% so far as state government recruitment are concerned.

According to spokesperson ministers of Gujarat govt Shri Nitin Patel and Saurabh Patel, the Chief Minister has amended Gujarat Mulki Seva(Women’s reservation) Niyam 1997 to execute this decision.

They said 33% reservation for women in government jobs will bring more women to police, health, education, public administration and other government services. One in every three seats will be reserved for women, they added.