Reservation Hatao Andolan official in Gujarat

Reservation & examination policy in Gujarat

The Patidar agitation from 2015 led to the state's 10% Economically Weaker Sections quota in 2016, which preceded and informed the 103rd Constitutional Amendment upheld by the Supreme Court in 2022. Gujarat therefore has the longest working experience of income-based reservation in India.

Recruitment & examination bodies

• GPSC
• Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board
• GSEB
• ACPC

Why the reform argument matters in Gujarat

1. 01Gujarat's EWS experience is the closest existing precedent for the income-verified model the movement proposes.
2. 02The Patidar agitation showed that category expansion produces new claimants rather than resolving distributional conflict.
3. 03Strong private employment means Gujarat's mobility story depends less on quotas than most states, a useful comparison point.

Cities we cover in Gujarat

• Ahmedabad districtAhmedabadIndia's first UNESCO World Heritage City
• Surat districtSuratGlobal diamond-polishing and man-made textile capital
• Vadodara districtVadodaraCultural capital of Gujarat and petrochemical belt
• Rajkot districtRajkotEngineering, casting and Saurashtra's commercial centre