Health of rural development institutions fragile; lack financial viability: N K SinghNayyar, an economist, had retired as the Principal Advisor, Rural Development, in the erstwhile Planning Commission in 2005. She is known f...
31 Oct, 2023, 10.00 PM IST
Three 'R's & BJP's counterploy! Ram, Rohini or Reservation?The release of caste data by the Bihar government has put the BJP's Hindutva vote bank agenda at risk, as caste politics has always been a ...
04 Oct, 2023, 02.47 PM IST
Election-bound Telangana wants 40 more castes in central OBC listCurently, there are 87 castes from Telangana on the central OBC list. National Commission of Backward Classes (NCBC) is examining the propo...
12 Jun, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
Commission for sub-categorisation of OBCs gets six-month extensionIn a gazette notification, the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry said in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 340 of the Const...
25 Jan, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
Panel set up to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs gets 13th extension: Govt sourcesThe development comes a month after Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry Secretary R Subrahmanyam had told reporters that the commission...
06 Jul, 2022, 06.42 PM IST
Centre initiates talks on creating 4 sub-sections in OBC reservationAccording to highly-placed sources, the government is minutely examining the four-category formula and wants to be prepared for any backlas...
29 Apr, 2022, 11.31 PM IST
HC seeks Delhi Police stand on transferring Sushil Kumar's Chattarsal Stadium case from RohiniSushil Kumar along with others is accused of allegedly assaulting a former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar and his friends...
15 Feb, 2022, 09.52 PM 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
Cabinet note to classify transpeople as OBCs to enable access to reservationsThe ministry of social justice and empowerment has moved the Cabinet note after a year-long pre-legislative exercise which included detaile...
25 Sep, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
Rohini Commission proposes 27% OBC quota be split into 2, 6, 9 & 10%The Justice Rohini Commission, set up to look into the politically sensitive question of equitable redistribution of the 27% quota for Othe...
15 Feb, 2021, 11.56 PM IST
Rohini Commission set to get nod for its ninth extensionThe move to grant yet another extension to the Commission comes at a time when elections are due in Bihar- a state where OBC sub categoriza...
24 Jun, 2020, 11.09 AM 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-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
Five member panel set up for equitable OBC quotaThe commission would examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among castes or communities included in the ...
03 Oct, 2017, 12.17 AM IST
First woman chief justice of Delhi high court to head panel on OBC sub-categorisationThe Commission would have as its members director of Chennai-based Centre for Policy Studies Dr J K Bajaj, Anthropological Survey of India ...
02 Oct, 2017, 11.21 PM IST
Vandalizing of churches: NHRC issues notice to Delhi governmentNHRC has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Delhi Government, calling for a report on these incidents within four weeks.
20 Jan, 2015, 07.56 PM IST
Delhi govt pays Rs 3.5 lakh each to families of labourersThe incident was reported by a newspaper on June 22, 2012 and the Commission had taken suo moto cognizance of the same and issued notices t...
27 May, 2014, 08.33 PM IST