Uttarakhand Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a bill giving 10 per cent reservation in jobs to the economically weak in unreserved categories.

The bill applies only to permanent residents of the state who are not covered under the existing reservation schemes for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Socially and Educationally Backward classes.

This reservation will be given to people from families whose gross annual income from all sources including salary, agriculture, profession, business is less than Rs 8 lakh.

The constitutional amendment to provide the 10 percent quota was approved by Parliament and had received the assent of President Ram Nath Kovind in January.