Assam CM announces 50% reservation in supervisor posts for Anganwadi employees; transgender community to get OBC status | India News

NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday introduced two key cupboard choices — a major enhance in reservation for Anganwadi employees in supervisor posts and the grant of social and backward lessons (OBC) status to the transgender community in the state.“Earlier, 25% of the supervisor posts were reserved for Anganwadi workers. Now, 50% of the supervisor posts will be reserved for Anganwadi workers. The remaining 50% posts will be recruited through the state-level recruitment process,” Sarma stated.In one other main choice aimed toward social inclusion, the Assam cupboard authorized OBC status for the transgender community. “Today, the Assam cabinet has approved to provide social and backwards classes status to the transgender community. We will provide identity cards only to those people in the transgender community who are the original inhabitants of Assam,” the chief minister added.