additional cess

Taxpayers across the board will have to bear the burden of additional cess of one percent that will be used to expand the capacity of educational institutions for implementing the caste-based quota.The government's proposal last year to expand the scope of the quota policy to the other backward classes (OBCs) had led to student protests in cities even as it was welcomed by many.In a compromise formula, the government had proposed to expand the capacity of educational institutions to create extra seats for students from the marginalised communities