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Dharmendra Pradhan urges Centre to include Odisha's SEBC communities in Ce
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Pradhan underscored the drawbacks of excluding Odisha's substantial SEBC population, including unequal access to national-level reservation benefits and welfare schemes.
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Odisha govt to bring Ordinance to amend OSCBC Act
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved a proposal for the promulgation of an Ordinance, enabling the state government for the inclusion of 22 castes/communities in the State list of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs).
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Odisha cabinet approves inclusion of 22 castes in State's list of SEBC
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Article 15(4) of the Constitution of India enables the State to make any special provisions for the advancement of any Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of citizens.
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President Kovind grants assent to OBC Bill
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): The President of India Ram Nath Kovind on August 18, 2021, granted assent to the Constitution (105th Amendment) Act, 2021, which empowers states to identify and specify the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC).
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Opposition members demand caste-based census, reservation beyond 50 pc lim
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The debate in the Rajya Sabha on the constitution amendment bill to enable states to prepare and maintain their list of socially and economically backward classes (SEBCs) saw opposition members raise demands for raising the ceiling on reservation beyond 5
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Parliament passes constitution amendment bill to allow states to prepare O
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): The Parliament on Tuesday unanimously passed the 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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It is a historic bill, says MoS Ajay Bhatt on LS passing Constitution amen
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Union Minister of State under the Ministry of Defence, Ajay Bhatt on Tuesday lauded the efforts of the parliamentarians for passing the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha and said that and a historic bill
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Constitution amendment bill on socially and educationally backward classes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar has said that the constitution amendment bill passed by Lok Sabha on Tuesday will empower states to prepare and maintain their own list of socially and educationally backward classes (SEBCs) and provi
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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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Relax existing 50 pc quota limit to pave way for Maratha reservation, Asho
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Maharashtra CM writes to PM Modi to declare Maratha community as Socially
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to take steps to declare the Maratha community in the state as Socially and Educationally Backward (SEBC) to enable them to claim the reserv
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SC posts final hearing in pleas challenging Bombay HC order over Maratha j
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday posted for March 8 the final hearing of petitions challenging the Bombay High Court verdict upholding reservations to Marathas in jobs and education under Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018
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