{"id":168444,"date":"2025-06-04T20:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&p=168444"},"modified":"2025-06-04T20:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:07:36","slug":"ladakh-new-rules-on-quota","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/ladakh-new-rules-on-quota","title":{"rendered":"Ladakh\u2019s New Rules on Quota, Domicile and Hill Councils Notified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the<\/span><b> Union Government<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> notified<\/span><b> new policies on reservation, languages, domiciles, and the composition of hill council<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s for Ladakh, which became a<\/span><b> Union Territory in 2019.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-168436 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/45-68404a11bffd0.webp\" alt=\"Ladakh\u2019s New Rules\" width=\"455\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/45-68404a11bffd0.webp 816w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/45-68404a11bffd0-300x140.webp 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/45-68404a11bffd0-768x360.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>New Rules and Regulations Notified<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Domicile: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A person must reside in <\/span><b>Ladakh for 15 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>October 31, 2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to qualify as a domicile.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students who <\/span><b>studied for 7 years <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and appeared in <\/span><b>Class 10 or 12<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exams in Ladakh are also eligible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Children of Central government employees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who served <\/span><b>10 years in Ladakh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are included.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reservation Expanded:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Total reservation in government jobs <\/span><b>capped at 85%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, excluding <\/span><b>10% for EWS, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raising the total to <\/span><b>95%.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 80% of jobs are likely reserved for <\/span><b>Scheduled Tribes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reflecting the demographic profile.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reservation for Women:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1997 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amended to reserve <\/span><b>1\/3rd seats for women<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on a rotational basis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.499%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><b>Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The LAHDCs are autonomous bodies established under the<\/span><b> Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1995,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> providing administrative and developmental autonomy to Leh and Kargil districts.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Powers and Responsibilities: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The councils are empowered to make decisions on local development, budgeting, and resource management, although they do not possess legislative powers like those under the Sixth Schedule.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recognition of Local Languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> Purgi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are designated as<\/span><b> official languages. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institutional promotion of <\/span><b>Shina, Brokskat, Balti, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> Ladakh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i languages mandated<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.4987%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.3226%; text-align: center;\"><b>Language<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5351%; text-align: center;\"><b>Language Family<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.1703%; text-align: center;\"><b>Associated Tribes \/ Ethnic Groups<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.2257%; text-align: center;\"><b>Geographical Spread in Ladakh<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.3226%;\"><b>Bhoti<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5351%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tibeto-Burman<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.1703%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ladakhis (mainstream), Mon, Brokpa<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.2257%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leh, Nubra, Zanskar, parts of Kargil<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.3226%;\"><b>Purgi<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5351%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tibeto-Burman<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.1703%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purigpa (Muslim and Buddhist communities)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.2257%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kargil, Drass, Suru Valley<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.3226%;\"><b>Balti<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5351%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tibeto-Burman<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.1703%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balti (primarily Shia Muslims)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.2257%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turtuk (Nubra), Kargil border areas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.3226%;\"><b>Shina<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5351%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dardic (Indo-Aryan)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.1703%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dards, <\/span><b>Brokpa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (also called Aryans or Drokpa)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.2257%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dha-Hanu villages near Khaltse, Aryan Valley<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.3226%;\"><b>Brokskat<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5351%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dardic (Indo-Aryan)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.1703%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brokpa (pastoral semi-nomads)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.2257%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dha, Garkon, Batalik<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.3226%;\"><b>Ladakhi<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5351%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tibeto-Burman<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.1703%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Ladakhi population (cross-ethnic)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 36.2257%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Widely across Leh, also spoken in schools<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Core Demands of Ladakh Civil Society<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Inclusion in the Sixth Schedule<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Civil groups demand<\/span><b> Sixth Schedule status <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for tribal and legislative autonomy under the Constitution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Land and Job Protection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Request for legal safeguards against land acquisition by outsiders and permanent job quotas for locals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Statehood and Representation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Demand for Statehood and a legislative assembly for political self-governance.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Request for <\/span><b>one Lok Sabha seat each <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for <\/span><b>Leh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Kargil.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Criticism and Limitations<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lack of Constitutional Backing:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All regulations made under <\/span><b>Article 240, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">making them<\/span><b> amendable by the Centre <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without legislative input.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>No Land Ownership Restrictions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: No legal ban on outsiders buying land, raising concerns over ecological and cultural impacts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>No Local Legislative Body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Unlike <\/span><b>Sixth Schedule councils,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> LAHDCs lack legislative powers, functioning mainly as administrative bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Short Domicile Period Criticised<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Civil society demands a <\/span><b>30-year domicile condition,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arguing that<\/span><b> 15 years is too short to protect local identity.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the new regulations mark progress in addressing Ladakh\u2019s local concerns, they fall short of constitutional guarantees and land protection, prompting continued civil activism.<\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"vc_button\"><b>Additional Reading: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/demands-for-ladakh-statehood\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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