Search For "other backward class"
Rajasthan HC orders stay on OBC reservation bill till November 13
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 7 (ANI): The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday ordered a stay on the state government's bill on reservation for the Other Backward Classes till November 13.
Read More
Rajasthan increases OBC quota to 26 percent
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India) October 26 (ANI): Rajasthan government on Thursday passed a bill which increased Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota from 21 percent to 26 percent.
Read More
Govt. constitutes commission to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): The government has constituted a commission under Article 340 of the Constitution to examine the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the central list.
Read More
Reshma Patel alleges press conference obstructed by Congress, Patidar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): The newly inducted member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Reshma Patel alleged that members of Congress and Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) obstructed her press conference, which was supposed to begin at a venue in Ahmedabed on Monday.
Read More
'Patidar's fight was to attain OBC quota, not to make Congress win'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 22 (ANI): Patidar leader Hardik Patel's close aides, Varun Patel and Reshma Patel, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls, said they had led the movement to secure Other Backward Class (OBC) reservat
Read More
Ensuring social justice, President Kovind appoints commission to examine s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): In an endeavour to achieve greater social justice President Ramnath Kovind on Monday appointed a commission to examine sub categorization of Other Backward Classes.
Read More
Gujarat cabinet approves demands of Patidar community
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], September 27 (ANI): Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Wednesday informed that the state cabinet has agreed to fulfil demands raised by the Patidar community.
Read More
BJP not serious about passing OBC Bill: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of not being serious about passing the Other Backward Class (OBC) Commission Bill.
Read More
MP's Mhow to host two-day leadership workshop for Dalits, other minor
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): A two-day leadership conclave will be organized in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, next month for representatives of minority communities, including Dalit, Muslims and other backward classes.
Read More
Jat agitation: Nizamuddin-Kota Express Train cancelled, two others diverte
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], June 24 (ANI): Amid the agitation by the Jat community over a demand for Other Backward Class (OBC) reservation benefits, the Nizamuddin-Kota Express Train and the Kota-Patna Express were cancelled on Saturday, while two other trains were diverted.
Read More
Yogi Govt. preparing strategy to strengthen OBC, SC categories
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), May 01 (ANI): The Yogi Aditynath-led government is in the process of preparing two new categories for the state development, first to bring the neglected castes forward in the Other Backward Class (OBC) and Scheduled Caste (SC) category and second to forgive debt of
Read More
PM Modi advises OBC MPs to work for "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas"
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told a group of Other Backward Classes (OBC) Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to work for empowering the OBC community on the lines of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas".
Read More