Lok Sabha Question No. 394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Reservation to Jats
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## 394.RESERVATION TO JATS

## SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has agreed to provide reservation to Jats under OBC and if the details thereof;
- (b) the details of other castes and classes which are likely to be covered under SC a reservation; and
- (c) whether the Government has ass essed the benefits of reservation policy among different castes and tribes and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FO R SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR )

- (a):Inclusion  of  castes/communities  in  the  Central  List  of Other  Backward  Classes  is  a continuous process. The Government of India notifies castes/communities in the Central of OBCs for different States/Union Territories on examining the advice tendered by Nat Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) under S ction 9(1) of the NCBC Act, 1993. The notification relating to inclusion of the Jat community in the central list of OBC stayed by the Supreme Court.
- (b): Inclusion of a community intheSC, ST and OBClist is an on -going process based on th e criteria specified by the concerned Ministries. Therefore, the number of castes and which are likely to be covered under SC/ST and OBC reservation cannot be specified.
- (c): The details of benefits of reservation policy in Employment in Central S ervices among different castes and tribes asses ed by the Government are annexed.

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## A nnexure

## Details of benefits of reservation policy in Employment in Central Service among different castes and tribes assessed by the Government.

| GROUP                           | Number of persons         | Number of persons   | Number of persons   | Number of persons   | Number of persons   | Number of persons   | Number of persons   |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|                                 | Total Number of Employees | SC                  | SC                  | ST                  | ST                  | OBC                 | OBC                 |
|                                 |                           | Number              | %                   | Number              | %                   | Number              | %                   |
| 'A'                             | 74,866                    | 10,434              | 13.94               | 4354                | 5.82                | 8316                | 11.11               |
| 'B'                             | 1,88,776                  | 29,373              | 15.56               | 12,073              | 6.4                 | 20,069              | 10.63               |
| 'C'(excluding SafaiKaramachari) | 25,70,757                 | 4,43,854            | 17.27               | 2,03,444            | 7.91                | 4,72,074            | 18.36               |
| 'C'(SafaiKaramachari)           | 1,17,681                  | 34971               | 29.72               | 8387                | 7.13                | 23,262              | 19.77               |
| Total                           | 29,52,080,                | 5,18,632            | 17.57               | 2,28,258            | 7.73                | 5,23,721            | 17.74               |

Source :DoPT's Annual Report 2014 - 15.