Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- The Centre on Tuesday extended the Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Act, 2016, to Chandigarh to provide reservation to backward classes in government jobs and educational institutions.

The Haryana law was extended to Chandigarh with certain modifications, the most important being substituting the list of Haryana backward classes with the central list of OBCs.

The move is an outcome of a Supreme Court (SC) directive to the Centre to implement reservation in educational institutions for other backward classes (OBCs) in the city.

As per the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) August 5 notification, 27% reservation shall be provided to OBCs in admissions und...