NCBC objects to Bengal demand to include 83 castes in OBC listNCBC objects to West Bengal's recommendation to include 83 castes, including 73 from Muslim community, in central OBC list. West Bengal fai...
28 Feb, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
West Bengal recommends 87 castes for central OBC listThe National Commission of Backward Classes (NCBC) has asked the state government of West Bengal to provide records dating back to the Impe...
14 Sep, 2023, 11.50 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
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 set to clear bill on states ‘OBC list’ powerThe amendment will clarify that regardless of the clauses on the central list, every state or UT may by law prepare and maintain, for its o...
04 Aug, 2021, 07.15 AM 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
Government to do away with weeding out 'forwards' among OBCs?The 123rd Constitution amendment bill makes a radical departure from the National Commission for Backward Classes Act (1993) that it seeks ...
07 Apr, 2017, 07.42 AM IST
Union Cabinet okays corrections in Central List of OBCsThe Union Cabinet gave its nod to amendments in the Central List of OBCs for corrections with regard to a few communities hailing from Guja...
26 Aug, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
NDA government defends Jats in Central list of OBCs“A backward person in the state is a backward person in the Centre as well. Backwardness can’t vary. It cannot have two connotations."
05 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
National Commission for Backward Classes recommends transgenders for reservationThe NCBC's decision follows a SC order, which has directed the Centre and state govts to treat transgenders as socially and educationally b...
13 May, 2014, 07.22 PM IST
Jat Reservation: Commission for Backward Classes had opposedUnion Cabinet disregarded its "advice" against providing reservation for the community when it took the decision last night.
03 Mar, 2014, 08.50 PM IST
Jat leaders welcome reservation in central list of OBCsKhap council heads said that it was the best gift for the Jat community and would help them in employment and improve their living standard...
03 Mar, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
- Govt gives nod for amending central list of OBCs
The Cabinet today gave its approval for notifying changes in the existing central list of the OBCs, the official sources said.
16 Nov, 2011, 04.04 PM IST
- State OBCs not entitled to quota benefits in Centre: CAT
The tribunal passed the order on a petition by 4 members of the Jat community, recognised as OBCs in Delhi and seeking quota for appointmen...
10 Dec, 2010, 01.42 PM IST
- Centre approves more castes in OBC list to counter Naxals
The Manmohan Singh government on Thursday approved the inclusion of more castes in the central list of OBCs for various states.
23 Jul, 2010, 06.51 AM IST
- Govt approves inclusion of more castes in OBC list
Government today approved inclusion of more castes in the central list of OBCs for various states, a move it hopes will especially help it ...
22 Jul, 2010, 02.51 PM IST