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Chhattisgarh Governor to approve Reservation Amendment Bills on Monday
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
"I'm totally in favour of the Bill, I thank opposition parties also for backing the decision to raise the quota for backward classes from 58 to 75. I will approve the Bill by Monday," Uikey said.
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Chhattisgarh passes bills to hike OBC, SC quotas
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Chhattisgarh assembly on Friday unanimously passed two amendment bills hiking reservation in admissions and government jobs in the state for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, in line with the proportion of their populations.
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Hansraj Ahir assumes charge as NCBC chairperson
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir assumed charge as Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
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Jagan cheated backward classes by diverting Rs 34,000 crore from sub-plan:
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) state president Kingerapu Atchen Naidu on Saturday alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy was a "cheat" who "deceived" members of the backward classes.
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Telangana BJP MP meets governor, demands inclusion of 26 communities in ba
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
There are around 26 OBC castes in Telangana who have migrated from Andhra Pradesh (AP) and have been living here for 50-100 years. Since the new state was formed, these castes were removed from the BC list.
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Telangana: Boora Narsaiah Goud slams KCR for sidelining Backward Classes,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Just weeks after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, Ex-MP and BJP leader Boora Narsaiah Goud called out the state government for ignoring the BC community and said that only a small proportion of the allotted multi-crore budget was used and the federations were kept for namesakes.
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Congress's Hanumantha Rao demands caste-wise census in Telangana, warns of
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Rao said that the population of Other Backward Classes (OBC) has increased, and recounted the demands for the caste-wise census raised by heads of governments across various states.
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Special Assembly session in Jharkhand today, key Bills to be tabled
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The government ledf by Chief Minister Hemant Soren is likely to pass Bills related to the domicile policy based on 1,932 land records and 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities.
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SC upholds 10 pc quota for economically weaker sections, says it's time to
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In a majority judgment by 3:2, a five-judge Constitution bench upheld the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act 2019 saying EWS quota does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.
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DMK's P Wilson urges Rijiju for constitutional amendment enabling conseque
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
He urged the law minister to insert provisions similar to Article 16 (4A) and (4B) and said that "Otherwise attaining complete social justice would remain a distant dream."
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I would be happy if HD Kumaraswamy becomes Karnataka CM: BJP MLC M Chidana
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
"Our community (Kunchitiga) should also be included in the list of Other Backward Class (OBC) with the Centre. If Kumaranna (HD Kumaraswamy) becomes the next Chief Minister, I will be the first person to be happy," BJP MLC M Chidanand Gowda said.
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"He is a duplicate," JDU chief Lalan Singh on PM Modi's caste status
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 15 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) national president Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being duplicitous about his caste alleging PM Modi added his caste to the OBC list during his tenure as the Gujarat chief minister.
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