Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur get OBC Reservation on 23.8.2017

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Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur get OBC Reservation quota on 23.8.2017

The Vasundhara Raje-government on Wednesday issued a notification to include Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur districts in the other backward classes (OBC) category that currently enjoys 21% quota in jobs and education institutes. Last week the government assured Gujjars to increase OBC quota from 21% to 26%.

The decision to include Bharatpur-Dholpur Jats in the state OBC list was taken on the basis of report submitted by the OBC Commission to chief minister Raje in June this year. Jats in rest of the state were granted OBC benefit in 1999 and have retained it till date. Bharatpur-Dholpur Jats, who were initially not considered socially backward, were granted OBC quota in 2000 but the Rajasthan high court struck it down in 2015.