Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot announces ‘additional 6% reservation’ to most backward castes among OBCs

The Rajasthan government is all set to provide sic per cent reservation to Most Backward Castes among the OBCs (Other Backward Classes), said Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

This latest decision will act as an addition to the 21 per cent reservation the state already provides to the OBCs.

CM Ashok Gehlot’s tweet

Taking it to Twitter, the chief minister wrote in Hindi, “A survey will be conducted by the OBC commission to identify the most backward castes in the OBC category and the commission will submit the report in a time-bound manner.”

“With this, the most backward castes will get more opportunities for education and government jobs,” Gehlot added.

Further, the chief minister said that several organisations of SC (Scheduled Caste) and ST (Scheduled Tribe) are also continuously demanding reservation on the basis of population and the government is getting the demand examined.

Moreover, he added that in the 10 per cent reservation for the EWS category, the Rajasthan government had removed the condition of immovable property due to which this class could get the benefit of reservation completely.