Summary:
Currently Gujarat has 36 groups in the SC list and 32 in the ST list. AdvertisingThe stated purpose of this list is to hand out certificates to unreserved caste candidates so that they can get benefits under the Gujarat Unreserved Educational and Economical Development Corporation scheme, launched in 2017 in reaction to the Patidar quota agitation. The Gujarat government on Friday put out a list of 69 castes and sub-groups, across Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jains, Parsis and Jews, who would now be defined as “unreserved classes”. Explained Warding off Hardik Unlike the 10% quota for poor among upper castes announced by Gujarat in 2016 (now in court), this list came quietly. The Chairman of Gujarat Unreserved Educational and Economical Development Corporation, Hansraj Gajera, told The Sunday Express, “So far whoever was not in the reserved category list was considered ‘unreserved’, but this added a lot of confusion with the government announcing benefits for unreserved categories..