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"Rs 1,000 per month for General category women, Rs 1,500 for SCs, other ba
Updated : 6 days, 4 hours ago IST
"A scheme has been announced providing Rs 1,000 per month for women in the General category and Rs 1,500 for women from the Scheduled Castes and backward classes," Mann told the media.
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RJD MPs protest outside Parliament, demand resignation of PM Modi, Nitish
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
The protesters are demanding 65% reservation for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), and placing it in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
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Reserved-quota students now outnumber General category in higher education
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Research by a team from IIM Udaipur has found that students from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) outnumber General Category students' enrolment into higher education, a press release by academic research platform CasteFiles said.
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SC dismisses Telangana govt. plea challenging HC's decision to stay enhanc
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging the Telangana High Court's interim order that stayed the State government's decision to increase Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in local body elections in the State to 42 per cent which took
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Manickam Tagore seeks clarification from Amit Shah over OBC quota 'deficit
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP Manickam Tagore has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking clarification regarding the "significant shortfall in the allocation of posts reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the ongoing Delhi Police recruitment process."
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Rajasthan OBC Commission to submit recommendations for reservation in Panc
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rajasthan State Other Backward Classes (Political Representation) Commission will submit its recommendations for OBC reservation in the Panchayati Raj and Urban Body elections to the State Government in the next three months, Ashok Kumar Jain, Secretary (Advisor) of the commission said.
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Union Minister G Kishan Reddy slams Telangana govt, accuses it of divertin
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister and BJP leader G Kishan Reddy on Thursday lashed out at the Telangana government, accusing it of misusing the 42 per cent reservation meant for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies by diverting a portion of it to Muslim communities. He alleged that this move was po
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Congress slams Centre over vacancies in reserved faculty posts in central
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Taking to social media platform X, Ramesh wrote, "The Modi Government has revealed the staggering level of vacancies among SC (Schedule Caste), ST (Schedule Tribe), and OBC (Other Backward Classes) reserved faculty positions in Central Universities - 80% positions for OBCs, 83% positions
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“Didn’t protect OBC community the way I should have": Rahul Gandhi vows to
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking at the 'Bhagidari Nyay Sammelan' of OBC at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi said he failed to understand the issues of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community earlier, unlike those of Dalits, tribals, and women, where he claimed the Congress had done commendable work.<
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Karnataka CM refutes reports of being appointed as Chairman of AICC Adviso
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday clarified the confusion surrounding his appointment as the chairman of the All India Congress Committee's (AICC) Other Backward Classes (OBC) Advisory Council.
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"Double-engine govt in Bihar has all but given up on proposed 65 per cent
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bihar, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday alleged that the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in the state has almost "given up" on the proposed 65 per cent reservation for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), an
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Calcutta HC grants interim stay on WB Govt's OBC list notification till Ju
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A division bench comprising Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Raja Sekhar Mantha passed the interim order while hearing petitions challenging the state's classification of communities under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
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