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Lok Sabha passes constitution amendment bill to enable states to maintain
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to restore the power of states and union territories to prepare and maintain their own list of socially and educationally backward classes (SEBCs).
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BJP gave false assurances to Dalits, OBCs alleges Akhilesh Yadav, demands
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had given false assurances to Dalits and backward classes and demanded a caste-based census.
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Govt introduces 127th Constitution Amendment Bill in LS, proposing to give
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Amid the ruckus by the Opposition, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, proposed to give back power to states to
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Monsoon Session: Opposition to support 127th Constitution Amendment Bill g
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said that all Opposition parties will support The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021 being introduced in Parliament today to give back power to States to identify s
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Kerala High Court stays State Govt's order to include Christian Nadars in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 7 (ANI): Kerala High Court has stayed the State Government's order to include Christian Nadars in the Other Backward Class (OBC) category.
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Won't let any local body polls happen until OBC reservation issue is resol
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 6 (ANI): Maharashtra BJP unit on Thursday informed that the party will not let any local body elections take place until the issue of other backward classes (OBC) reservation gets resolved.
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Relax existing 50 pc quota limit to pave way for Maratha reservation, Asho
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 5 (ANI): Restoring the state's right to declare the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) is not enough to pave way for Maratha reservation, said Maharashtra Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan adding that the Centre should relax
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SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar meets BJP UP President Swatantra Dev Singh
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 3 (ANI): Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA and former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister and BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday met with BJP state unit president Swatantra Dev Singh at the latter's residence here on Tuesday.
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V Hanumantrao writes to PM, urges lifting of creamy layer policy on OBC r
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 31 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha member from Telangana and Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Friday has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding lifting the creamy layer (socially advanced layer) policy on Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations.
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Govt to offer 27 pc reservation for Other Backward Classes, 10 pc for Econ
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government took a decision for providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the All India Quota (AIQ) scheme in medical education
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Chandrashekar Rao led TRS Government functions against rights of OBCs in T
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 19 (ANI): Telangana BJP Other Backward Classes (OBC) Morcha on Monday staged a protest at the OBC welfare office in Hyderabad, and alleged that the Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has been neglecting the Backward Classes Welfare Funds and Backward Clas
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Andhra govt announces 135 nominated posts of various corporations
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharitha and Backward Class Welfare Minister Chelluboina Sriniasa Venugopala Krishna on Saturday announced 135 nominated posts of Chairmen for various corporations and other offices.
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