TEAM HERALD
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PANJIM: The Social Welfare department Tuesday sent a note to the Minister Mahdev Naik on the proposal to increase the OBC reservation quota to 27 per cent from the present 19.5 per cent.
With 19 more castes included in OBC quota, including dhangars, dhobis, kharvis and bhandaris and an additional 7.5 reservations were added after a report prepared by the CDPR Pune was submitted to the State Other Backward Classes (OBC) Commission.
The report was sent to the social welfare department who in turn prepared a note for the minister.
It is expected to come before the cabinet today (Wednesday) after reports say that administrative and legal sanction has been received.
It may be recalled that Naik had made an announcement during his speech at the Modi rally that the proposal would be placed before the cabinet on Wednesday.
