Religion, Caste And Tribe Based Reservation - 4

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Rajasthan Govt to carve out separate quota for Gujjars </b>
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Lokpal Sethi | Jaipur
The Rajasthan Government has decided to carve out a separate 4 to 6 per cent reservation for nomadic communities including Gujjars.

This reservation would be in addition to present provision of 16 per cent reservation for Schedule Castes, 12 percent for Schedule Tribes and 21 percent for Other Backward Classes(OBC). <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Proposed reservation would limit to the State Government jobs and educational institutions.

The decision to make this provision was taken at a meeting of the ruling BJP leaders on Saturday night. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said at the meeting that the State Government would intimate its decision to centre in a day or two. A notification, in this regard, is likely to be issued on Monday. This would be done under the notified Schedule Tribe categories of certain communities.

Senior BJP leader and in-charge of party affairs in Rajasthan, Gopinath Munde informed the leaders that such a provision was already existing in Maharashtra, which provide 11.5 per cent reservation. It would not violate the maximum 49 percent reservation provisions of the constitution.
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