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UP's Panchayat polls on hold over new OBC panelAs per Supreme Court directives, a dedicated OBC commission must be constituted before local body elections. The existing panel's tenure en...14 Feb, 2026, 11.22 PM IST- Need of the hour to revise creamy layer income ceiling for OBCs: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel urges revising the OBC creamy layer income ceiling, last updated in 2017, to include more eligible families due to in...08 Aug, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
- PM Modi slams 'caste poison' in society, defends OBC Panel’s constitutional status in Rajya Sabha Motion of ThanksPrime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the spread of caste-based division in society while defending his government’s decision to grant con...06 Feb, 2025, 05.08 PM IST
- BJP ally JDU, opposition MPs seek discussion on caste census with Home Ministry officialsOpposition members highlighted caste census as a crucial issue in the first meeting of the parliamentary panel on OBC welfare. BJP ally JDU...30 Aug, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
- Centre urges Rohini Commission to share interim OBC reportWith assembly elections to UP around the corner, any OBC sub-categorisation or inclusion/exclusion could have an electoral impact and hence...18 Nov, 2021, 11.29 PM IST
- Panel for categorising OBCs seeks 10th extensionThe exercise to subcategorise OBCs for better distribution of reservation in education and jobs is likely to be delayed, with the Justice G...23 Dec, 2020, 08.16 AM IST
- OBC quota: Raise creamy layer ceiling , don't count salary, farm income, says Parliamentary panelParliamentary standing on welfare of backward classes which is chaired by BJP MP Ganesh Singh in its report on 'Rationalisation of Creamy L...30 Jul, 2020, 06.53 PM IST
- Uneven distribution of OBC benefits: Panel gets extension for six monthsOfficials had cited delay in the panel report for not including OBC enumeration in the ‘test census’ starting on August 12.01 Aug, 2019, 08.21 AM IST
- Sub-groups of backward castes may get ‘neutral’ tagsHaving established that certain castes are monopolising the quota benefits, the commission would now recommend the division of the central ...08 Jun, 2019, 11.15 AM IST
- Sub-categorisation of OBCs: Panel seeks countrywide surveyJustice G Rohini (retd), who is heading the five-member panel, set up to suggest parameters for an equitable distribution of OBC reservatio...30 Dec, 2018, 12.56 PM IST
- Constitutional status to OBC panel gets Lok Sabha okay againThe government has reiterated Clause (3) which gives a larger legislative framework for the Commission, which was done away by the Rajya Sa...03 Aug, 2018, 07.55 AM IST
- With Opposition on board, OBC panel bill set for house adoptionA Rajya Sabha select committee, headed by BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav, and comprising 24 other members has approved the bill in i...21 Jul, 2017, 12.35 AM IST
- Proposal to empower OBC panel being examined: GovernmentA proposal to empower National Commission for Backward Classes is under examination, Rajya Sabha was informed.03 Dec, 2015, 05.30 PM IST
- MPs, MLAs fall in OBC creamy layer: OBC panelThe panel argued that the election of members to Parliament and state legislatures, indicated their 'social elevation' which makes them a p...06 May, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
- Raise ‘creamy layer’ to Rs 10.5 lakh: OBC panelIf accepted, the recommendation to relax the salary bar for OBC reservations would bring more backward aspirants for central jobs and educa...05 May, 2015, 10.22 AM IST
- Centre moves Supreme Court for review of verdict scrapping quota for JatsThe decision to include Jats in Central OBC list was taken after various state panels furnished reports favouring the inclusion, it said.02 Apr, 2015, 03.50 PM IST
- SC asks govt to explain 27.5% quota for OBCsIn a development that does not augur well for UPA government and quota enthusiasts within it, the Supreme Court on Monday sent a notice to ...16 Jan, 2007, 04.02 AM IST
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