<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The government today reiterated that it is committed to maintain the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in its original form even if Supreme Court gives unfavourable verdict. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Briefing reporters on the four years' achievements of his ministry, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister,  Thaawarchand Gehlot said the Centre is ready in principle and if needed, it will go to Parliament or bring an Ordinance to uphold the Act after the Court's ruling. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Few months ago, the Apex Court had in its order introduced the provision of anticipatory bail in the Act while directing that there will be no automatic arrest on complaint filed under the law. The government has filed a review petition against the ruling. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The  Minister also asserted that the government is in favour of reservations and there will be no dilution in it. He also said the Narendra Modi government is in favour of reservation in promotion for employees belonging to SC and ST and has asked all its departments and state governments to implement it following the verdict by the Supreme Court in this regard. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Highlighting the initiatives taken by his ministry, Mr. Gehlot said the budgetary allocation of the ministry has been increased by 12.19 per cent to 7750 crore rupees in the year 2018-19 as compared to 2017-18.   </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">He said, over 2.29 lakh crore SC students have availed Post- Matric Scholarships in the last four years.  Under the National Fellowship for SC, eight thousand scholars were covered during April 2014 to March 2018. He added that two thousand scholars will receive the fellowship for M Phil and PhD in the year  2018-2019.  </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Minister also said the government has enhanced the monetary limit of Non Creamy layer OBC from six lakh to eight lakh rupees per annum. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Talking about several efforts for the welfare of persons with disabilities, Divyang, he said the representations in the government jobs have increased from three to four per cent.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div class="adL" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </div>