Rajasthan accords additional one pc quota to Gujjars

STAFF WRITER 20:33 HRS IST
Jaipur, May 6 (PTI) The Rajasthan government today approved one per cent additional quota for Gujjars and three other communities in addition to the existing reservation given to them under the OBC category.

The reservation in government jobs to the four communities -- Gujjars, Rebari, Gardia Lohar and Banjara -- is applicable with immediate effect.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told reporters the state was maintaining quota at 49 per cent and the legal limit is 50 per cent.

This one per cent would be an additional for these four communities which are already privileged in 21 per cent quota under the Other Backward Class/community (OBC), Gehlot said.

He said the state cabinet also agreed in-principle to provide 5 per cent quota to Special OBC, which included four of these communities including Gujjars which demanded it in its month-long agitation.