10% quota in educational institutions

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The Bill, which proposes reservation for Jats and four other castes by creating a new classification in the backward classes category, would not be tabled in the ongoing Budget session of the State Assembly, which is scheduled to end on March 31.

According to the sources, the State Government plans to provide 10 per cent reservation in educational institutions and Class-III and IV Government jobs for these communities. It has proposed 6 per cent reservation for Jats and the four other castes in Class-I and Class-II jobs.

This was the first step in meeting the demands of Jats who carried out violent protests in Haryana last month and haD threatened to resume the stir if the quota bill is not passed by April 3.

Jat leaders have been demanding reservation in the existing Backward Classes (BC) category.

The Jat community had last month launched a stir demanding reservation in BC category. The agitation, which had taken a violent turn, left 30 people dead and 320 persons injured and resulted in huge damage to property.

Jats had threatened to relaunch their agitation on March 18 but put it off till April 3 after the BJP led Haryana Government assured them that it would bring the Bill in the ongoing Budget session.

The BC quota is bifurcated into two -- BC-A and BC-B -- having 16 and 11 per cent reservation, respectively.

Apart from giving reservation to Jats, Haryana Government has also proposed to bring a separate Bill for the setting up of a permanent Haryana Backward Classes Commission.

The Manohar lal Khattar had earlier made it clear earlier that the existing 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state would not be disturbed as the OBC community is opposing inclusion of Jats in their category for reservation.

A five-member committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary was formed last month to prepare draft of the bill to grant reservation under the ambit of the constitution.

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