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West
Bengal increases OBC quota for Muslims
Friday, September 24, 2010 10:33:34 PM,
IANS
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West Bengal to accord job quotas for poor Muslims
West Bengal's Left Front government Monday said it would reserve 10
percent of government jobs to economically, socially and
educationally backward Muslims by including them in the OBC (Other
Backward Class) category.
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Kolkata:
The West Bengal government Friday issued notification to increase
reservation in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category from
seven percent to 17 percent by introducing a 'more backward'
classification to benefit the Muslim communities.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at state secretariat
Writers' Building said: "The reservation of the OBC will now be 17
percent from 7 percent, whereas there will be classifications
within the OBC category. OBC communities would be divided into -
'backward' and 'more backward' according to their educational,
financial and social status. The backward group will enjoy seven
percent reservation, while the more backward group will enjoy 10
percent reservation."
According to a senior official of state Backward Classes Welfare (BCW)
department, a total 108 communities from all religions are
included in the OBC category, of which 53 are Muslim communities
while 45 are Hindu communities. Nine are from Buddhist and another
one from Jain community.
"Now with the classification in OBC category, 56 out of total 108
communities have been regarded as the 'more backward' classes. The
more backward classes comprise 49 Muslims, six Hindu and one
Buddhist communities," said the senior official.
The officer further said: "The 53 Muslim communities together
cover a population of 1.73 crore, or over 86 percent of the total
Muslim population (2.02 crore) in the state. So 49 out of 56
Muslim communities are being regarded as 'more backward', which
accounts for 99 percent of the Muslim population in the OBC
category."
The chief minister had earlier promised introduction of 10 percent
reservation in government jobs for Muslims in the Other Backward
Classes (OBC) category but the state backward classes welfare (BCW)
realised that it is not possible to introduce 10 percent
reservation for Muslims in the OBC category due to the
Constitutional bar.
In order to find a way out, a "more backward" classification
within the OBC category was introduced, where the majority of
Muslim communities in the state are included.
Currently, there is seven percent reservation for OBC, 22 percent
quota for Scheduled Castes and six percent for Scheduled Tribes in
government recruitment in the state.
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