Andhra Pradesh government has enhanced the income limit for issuances of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) certificate from rupees six lakh per annum to rupees Eight lakh per year.

According to the order issued by the government on Wednesday, 10 percent of reservations in admissions into educational institutions and appointments in the posts and services for Economically Weaker Sections have been made, as prescribed by the central government. Meanwhile, the state government has also increased the eligibility cap of Economically Weaker Sections gross annual family income to Rs 8 lakh.

The order stated, "The persons who are not covered under the existing scheme of reservations for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and whose gross annual family income is below Rs 8 lakh are to be identified as Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) for the benefit of reservation."

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