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Relax existing 50 pc quota limit to pave way for Maratha reservation, Asho
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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 increases income limit for issuance of OBC certificate from Rs
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government has enhanced the income limit for issuances of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) certificate from Rs 6 lakh per annum to Rs 8 lakh per annum.
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Cabinet extends term of Commission examining sub-categorisation within OBC
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of the term of the Commission constituted under Article 340 of the Constitution to examine the issue of sub-categorisation within Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the Central list by six months.
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Madras High Court questions Tamil Nadu govt over panel to analyse NEET imp
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 29 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to respond to a plea moved by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against the 9-member committee formed by the state to study the impact of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
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Maharashtra: Fadnavis, BJP workers detained during protest to demand OBC q
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI): Mumbai Police on Saturday detained hundreds of protestors, along with BJP party workers who were gathered at their BJP unit office to start a 'morcha' in front of the Maharashtra Secretariat to demand political reservation of Other Backward Cla
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When we fought for the welfare of backward classes, why would we grab thei
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Medchal-Malkajgiri (Telangana) [India], May 30 (ANI): Etela Jamuna, wife of former Telangana health minister Etela Rajender, on Sunday dismissed allegations of her husband taking over the land of backward sections of society.
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TMC abusing scheduled castes only because they support BJP: PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kalyani (West Bengal) [India], April 12 (ANI): Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Trinamool Congress (TMC) is abusing Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) only because they supp
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Immediately release, implement socio-economic survey report, Siddaramaiah
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 4 (ANI): Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday demanded that the State Government should immediately release and implement the recommendations of the Karnataka Permanent Backward Classes Commission's socio-economic s
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