11 COMMUNITIES RECOMMENDED FOR INCLUSION IN THE CENTRAL OBCs LIST

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RAJYA SABHA

The National Commission for Backward Classes has recommended eleven communities in five states for inclusion in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The castes/ communities for the inclusion are Quresh (Muslim butcher) and Patra in Andhra Pradesh; Ghasi, Sadgope and Saikalkgar (Sikligar) (Muslim) in Bihar, Ghumiar and Parjapatra in Punjab; Kannada Saineegar, Kannadiyar (throughout the State) and Dasapalanjika (Coimbatore, Erode and Niligiris districts) in Tamil Nadu and Baghban in Uttar Pradesh. The inclusion of castes/ communities in the Central List of OBCs is decided by the Government of India on the advice of the National Commission for Backward Classes. The Centre has included 3,236 castes / communities in the Central List of Backward Classes since September, 1993 through 20 notifications. Of these, 1189 castes / communities were included during the last four years.

The state governments have also set up their own Commissions for identification of castes/communities in the State List of OBCs. This has been done in pursuance of the judgement of the Supreme Court delivered in 1992. The National Commission for Backward Classes has formulated guidelines for consideration of requests, which include criteria covering social, educational and economic aspects of backwardness.