Punjab Cabinet approved the Backward Class quota for Jat community

March 10, 2014

The Punjab Cabinet approved the Backward Class (BC) status for the Jat and Jat Sikhs of the State. Now, Jats and Jat Sikhs are the 69th and 70th community to be included in the category.
As per the Punjab Cabinet decision

Quota benefit will also be extended to economically weaker persons from the general category.
These reservations would be in addition to the quota already in place and would not affect the existing quota sections.
A commission will be set up to work out modalities for the implementation of the Cabinet decision.
The grant of BC status to the Jats and Jat Sikhs will enable them to get reservation in government jobs.

Note: Recently, the Union Cabinet decided to extend OBC status to Jats of Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Delhi. Though, Jats and Jat Sikhs of Punjab had been left out of the Union Cabinet’s decision because the Punjab government had failed to bring the community in the State BC list.

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