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The Hindu
4 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Centre notifies new domicile, reservation policy for Ladakh; caps reservation at 85%, excluding EWS
Amid demands by Ladakhi civil society groups seeking 'constitutional safeguards' for the region, the Union Government on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) notified new policies on reservation, languages, domiciles, and the composition of hill councils for Ladakh, which became a Union Territory in 2019. The notifications pave the way for 85% reservation for resident Ladakhis in government jobs. For other residents — including children of Central government officials — to be considered 'domiciles', they will have to show 15 years of continuous residence in the UT from October 31, 2019, Ladakh's foundation day. In a first, a third of the seats in hill councils have been reserved for women on a rotational basis. The official languages of the UT will be English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti, and Purgi. The total reservation for government jobs in the Union Territory now stands at 95%, one of the highest in the country. Meghalaya has 85% reservation for Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SCs/STs) and Arunachal Pradesh has an 80% quota for STs. The Rules governing the Regulation, which are yet to be notified, will specify the categories covered under reservation. Around 80% of Ladakh's population of 2.74 lakh is around 80% tribal, according to the 2011 Census. Cherring Dorjay Lakruk, the president of the Ladakh Buddhist Association and co-convenor of the Leh Apex Body (LAB), who is also part of the high-powered committee which has been deliberating the constitutional safeguards with the government, told The Hindu that they were studying the multiple notifications published on Tuesday. Three other Regulations were also notified by President Murmu: The Ladakh Official Languages Regulation, 2025; The Ladakh Civil Services Decentralisation and Recruitment (Amendment) Regulation, 2025; and The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (Amendment) Regulation, 2025. The decentralisation and recruitment Regulation is applicable to 'all the Gazetted and non-Gazetted posts' in the UT. Its Rules, also notified by the MHA on Tuesday, specified the criteria to qualify as a 'domicile' to apply for government jobs. The Rules empower the tehsildar to issue the domicile certificates to anyone who has resided for a period of 15 years in the UT from October 31, 2019. Anyone who has studied for a period of seven years and appeared in the Class 10 or 12 examination in Ladakh, children of Central government officials, All India Services officers, officials of public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies of the Central government, public sector banks, among others, who have served in Ladakh for a total period of ten years from October 31, 2019, are also eligible to be domiciles. The regulation to amend the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997 said that 'not less than one-third of the total number of seats in the Council shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different territorial constituencies.' The Ladakh Official Languages Regulation, 2025 said that 'English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti and Purgi' shall be the official languages, adding that 'institutional mechanisms shall make special efforts for the promotion and development of other native languages of Ladakh: Shina (Dardic), Brokskat (Dardic), Balti and Ladakhi.' Both the hill councils and official languages regulations will come into effect from June 3. The Hindu's Editorials The Hindu's Daily Quiz What led the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce to announce that they will ban Kamal Haasan's new film Thug Life? Actor's remark on Kannada language Propaganda in film trailer Copyright breach False history in trailer To know the answer and to play the full quiz, click here.
New Indian Express
4 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
President Murmu promulgates Regulation ensuring 85 percent reservation in jobs for people of Ladakh
Meanwhile, President Murmu also promulgated the Ladakh Official Languages Regulation, 2025 to declare English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti and Purgi as official languages of the Union Territory of Ladakh. 'Provided that the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union territory for which it was being used before the date of commencement of this Regulation,' reads the notification It further stated that the Administrator may take such necessary steps as may be provided by rules to be made by him to strengthen the institutional mechanisms for the promotion and development of other languages in the Union territory and the establishment of the Academy of Art, Culture and languages. 'The institutional mechanisms referred to in sub-section (1) shall make special efforts for the promotion and development of other native languages of Ladakh: Shina (Dardic), Brokskat (Dardic), Balti and Ladakhi,' it further stated. 'Every rule made under this Regulation shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament,' added the notification. The President of India has also promulgated Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 to reserve 1/3rd seats in Hill Councils of both Leh and Kargil Hill Councils for women. The rotation of constituencies reserved for women shall be made on the basis of serial number allotted to each constituency by notification in the official gazette, reads the notification.
