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Over 10 Lakh Job Seekers In Madhya Pradesh From Other Backward Classes
In Madhya Pradesh, the weight of unemployment is heaviest among Other Backward Classes (OBCs), who form the largest group of job-seekers in the state.
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Over 67% Sewer, Septic Tank Workers From Scheduled Caste: Centre
Over 67 per cent of sewer and septic tank workers in India belong to the Scheduled Caste category, according to official data.
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Parliamentary Panel Bats For Due Representation To Other Backward Classes In Organisational Hierarchy
A parliamentary standing committee has recommended that the labour ministry should make all-out efforts to include at least one member belonging to the OBC category in the central board of trustees of EPFO.
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Karnataka Approves 33% Quota For Other Backward Classes In Urban Polls
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday accepted three of the five recommendations of the Justice K Bhakthavatsala Commission on providing one-third or 33 per cent reservation to other backward classes (OBC) in urban local bodies (ULB) elections.
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Other Backward Classes Won't Lose Out: Chief Minister On Maratha Quota
The reservation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) will not be touched while giving quota to the Maratha community, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Friday.
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27% Quota For Other Backward Classes In Gujarat Local Bodies: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday demanded a 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local bodies in Gujarat and asked the government to make public the Justice Jhaveri Commission report.
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"BJP's OBC Politics Exposed": Mayawati Slams Party Over Refusal For Caste Census
BSP chief Mayawati today expressed grave concern over the Central government's "refusal" for caste Census of backward classes and said it exposed the BJP of using the community only for its electoral interests.
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Opposition Lends Support On Key OBC Bill Amid Clash With Government
A constitution amendment bill that gives states the right to make their own list of Other Backward Classes, got the support of the Opposition that continues to target the centre over a range of issues, including the farmers' protest.
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Mayawati Says "Will Support Centre In Parliament And Outside If..."
BSP chief Mayawati today said it will support the central government both in Parliament and outside it, if it takes constructive steps for conducting census of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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Mayawati Slams UP Government's Caste Move, Calls It "Selfish, Political"
After the Allahabad High Court stayed the notification to include 17 Other Backward Castes in the SC list, BSP president Mayawati today said such government decisions are "guided by total selfish political motives" but effects the entire society.
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File Affidavit That Census Body Has No Information About OBC Data: CIC
The Central Information Commission has directed the country's census body, the Registrar General of India, to furnish an affidavit declaring that it does not collect data relating to the Other Backward Classes population of the country.
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In Outreach To Backward Classes, PM Modi Sets Up Panel For Sub-Quotas
In a move that would help the most backward communities to reap reservation benefits, the NDA government on Monday set up a commission to divide the Other Backward Classes, or OBC, into sub-groups.
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On Quota For Other Backward Classes, Centre Out To Level Field
The Narendra Modi government today raised the annual income bar for Other Backward Classes to qualify for reservation, enabling more people to get its benefits. It also announced that it would set up a commission that would create sub-categories and help level the field.
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Centre Takes First Step For Sub-Quotas Among Backward Classes
The government on Wednesday raised the creamy layer ceiling by Rs 2 lakh as it announced setting up of a commission to work out sub-categorisation within Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for a "more equitable distribution of reservation benefits".
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UP Elections 2017: Where Are the Jobs, Asks Industrial Hub Kanpur
Across Samajwadi Party bastions that went to polls on Sunday, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has pegged his campaign on -Kaam- meaning the development works he claims his government has done. But in huge swathes of the state, including Kanpur, which voted that day, had a rather different interpretation of the word: Kaam, meaning jobs, something tho...
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Over 10 Lakh Job Seekers In Madhya Pradesh From Other Backward Classes
In Madhya Pradesh, the weight of unemployment is heaviest among Other Backward Classes (OBCs), who form the largest group of job-seekers in the state.
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Over 67% Sewer, Septic Tank Workers From Scheduled Caste: Centre
Over 67 per cent of sewer and septic tank workers in India belong to the Scheduled Caste category, according to official data.
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Parliamentary Panel Bats For Due Representation To Other Backward Classes In Organisational Hierarchy
A parliamentary standing committee has recommended that the labour ministry should make all-out efforts to include at least one member belonging to the OBC category in the central board of trustees of EPFO.
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Karnataka Approves 33% Quota For Other Backward Classes In Urban Polls
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday accepted three of the five recommendations of the Justice K Bhakthavatsala Commission on providing one-third or 33 per cent reservation to other backward classes (OBC) in urban local bodies (ULB) elections.
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Other Backward Classes Won't Lose Out: Chief Minister On Maratha Quota
The reservation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) will not be touched while giving quota to the Maratha community, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Friday.
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27% Quota For Other Backward Classes In Gujarat Local Bodies: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday demanded a 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local bodies in Gujarat and asked the government to make public the Justice Jhaveri Commission report.
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"BJP's OBC Politics Exposed": Mayawati Slams Party Over Refusal For Caste Census
BSP chief Mayawati today expressed grave concern over the Central government's "refusal" for caste Census of backward classes and said it exposed the BJP of using the community only for its electoral interests.
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Opposition Lends Support On Key OBC Bill Amid Clash With Government
A constitution amendment bill that gives states the right to make their own list of Other Backward Classes, got the support of the Opposition that continues to target the centre over a range of issues, including the farmers' protest.
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Mayawati Says "Will Support Centre In Parliament And Outside If..."
BSP chief Mayawati today said it will support the central government both in Parliament and outside it, if it takes constructive steps for conducting census of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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Mayawati Slams UP Government's Caste Move, Calls It "Selfish, Political"
After the Allahabad High Court stayed the notification to include 17 Other Backward Castes in the SC list, BSP president Mayawati today said such government decisions are "guided by total selfish political motives" but effects the entire society.
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File Affidavit That Census Body Has No Information About OBC Data: CIC
The Central Information Commission has directed the country's census body, the Registrar General of India, to furnish an affidavit declaring that it does not collect data relating to the Other Backward Classes population of the country.
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In Outreach To Backward Classes, PM Modi Sets Up Panel For Sub-Quotas
In a move that would help the most backward communities to reap reservation benefits, the NDA government on Monday set up a commission to divide the Other Backward Classes, or OBC, into sub-groups.
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On Quota For Other Backward Classes, Centre Out To Level Field
The Narendra Modi government today raised the annual income bar for Other Backward Classes to qualify for reservation, enabling more people to get its benefits. It also announced that it would set up a commission that would create sub-categories and help level the field.
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Centre Takes First Step For Sub-Quotas Among Backward Classes
The government on Wednesday raised the creamy layer ceiling by Rs 2 lakh as it announced setting up of a commission to work out sub-categorisation within Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for a "more equitable distribution of reservation benefits".
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UP Elections 2017: Where Are the Jobs, Asks Industrial Hub Kanpur
Across Samajwadi Party bastions that went to polls on Sunday, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has pegged his campaign on -Kaam- meaning the development works he claims his government has done. But in huge swathes of the state, including Kanpur, which voted that day, had a rather different interpretation of the word: Kaam, meaning jobs, something tho...
