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80 castes to be added to Central OBC lis

80 castes to be added to Central OBC lis

  • Approximately 80 more castes in six States are now likely to be added to the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the coming months.

Key details:

  • The communities likely to be added to the Central list are from States such as Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana.

Some of the communities to be included are:

  • Andhra Pradesh - Turup Kapu community
  • Himachal Pradesh - Majhra community
  • Maharashtra - Lodhi, Lingayat, Bhoyar Pawar, Jhandse communities
  • Punjab - Yadav community
  • Haryana - Gosai/Gosain community.

Procedure:

  • These are part of requests that the commission is bound to examine and once it is decided the recommendation is sent to the Cabinet.
  • As per the Procedure for Addition prescribed in the NCBC Act, 1993, the panel is mandated to constitute a Bench to examine such proposals and then forward the decision to the Union government (with dissent, where applicable).
  • The Cabinet then needs to approve the additions and bring legislation to this effect, following which the President is empowered to notify the change.
  • Unlike the procedure to add communities to the SC or ST lists, additions to the Central OBC list do not have to rely on the concurrence of the Office of the Registrar General of India or any authority other than the NCBC.
  • The NCBC considers additions to the Central OBC list based on social, educational and economic indicators suggested by the Mandal Commission established in 1979.

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