MANU/PIBU/1161/2015
Department/Board : Press Information Bureau
Date : 26.08.2015
Amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in respect of the two States (Gujarat and Uttarakhand).
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in respect of two States (Gujarat and Uttarakhand) for making suitable amendments in the Central List of OBCs, by way inclusion/correction of castes/communities as per the advices received from the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
The amendments will enable the persons belonging to these castes/ communities to avail the benefits of reservation in Government services and posts as well as in Central Educational Institutions as per the existing policy. They will also become eligible for benefit under various welfare schemes, scholarships etc. being administered by the Central Government, which are at present available to persons belonging to the OBCs.
The following castes/communities have been included in the Central List of OBCs in the two States of Gujarat and Uttarakhand:-
Sl. No.
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Gujarat
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Uttarakhand
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1.
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Sipai
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Kahar
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2.
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Patni Jamat or Turk Jamat (all Muslims)
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Tanwar Singhariya
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Background:
The NCBC was set up in pursuance to the Supreme Court judgement in the Indra Sawhney case as per the NCBC Act 1993. Section 9 ("Functions of the Commission") of the NCBC Act 1993 states as under:-
1. The Commission shall examine requests for inclusion of any class of citizens as a backward class in the lists and hear complaints of over-inclusion or under-inclusion of any backward class in........