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Maha Govt to recommend Centre to include Khatik community into SC category

Mumbai, May 18 (UNI) Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde announced on Wednesday that the state government would send a proposal to the central government recommending that the Hindu Khatik community in the state known by its different names be clubbed into a single category of the Scheduled Castes so that the members of the community are not deprived of the benefits.
Presiding over a meeting held here at the request of Maharashtra State Hindu Khatik Backward Class Social Organisation, he said that the Hindu Khatik community in the state has different names in different areas such as Hindu Khatik, Kalal Khatik, Dhangar Khatik, Lad Khatik, Maratha Khatik, etc.
They have been given reservation under OBC and other sub-categories, except Scheduled Castes, he noted.
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