Rajasthan Assembly passed the Rajasthan Backward Classes Amendment Bill, 2019, to provide 5 % quota in jobs and educational institutions to Gujjars and four other communities.
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The Rajasthan Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutes in the State and of Appointments and Posts in Services under the State) Amendment Bill, 2019 seeks to increase the backward classes' reservation from present 21 % to 26 % with 5 % reservation to Gujjars and four other communities (Banjaras, Gadia Lohars, Raikas and Gadaria) in jobs and educational institutions.
Assembly also passed a resolution and urged the Centre to incorporate it in the 9th schedule to ensure the reservation for these communities.
The Rajasthan government has also decided to increase the ceiling of creamy layer from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 8 lakh.
The statement on the objective and reasons of the bill says that
the five castes are most backward and require five per cent separate reservation;
the Central government recently passed the constitution amendment bill and the limit of 50 per cent reservation was increased.
The move comes in the aftermath of Gujjar community holding agitations since last week across the state demanding five per cent separate quota for them. They blocked the Delhi-Mumbai railway track and several highways and roads.
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