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Cabinet extends Commission tenure constituted to examine OBC sub-categorisation issue
Union Cabinet extends Commission tenure constituted to examine issue of OBC sub-categorisation: Details, Highlights
The Union Cabinet approved the extension of the term of the Commission to examine the issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes in the Central List till November 2018.
The Commission has held extensive meetings with the stakeholders including the State Governments, the State Backward Classes Commissions, various community associations and general public belonging to Backward Classes and Commissions.
The Commission had obtained caste-wise records of OBCs admitted in a higher educational institution as well as similar caste-wise data of recruits in Central Departments, Central Public Sector Undertakings, PSBs & Financial Institutions.
Based on this data, the Commission expressed the need for a round of discussion with the States and their Backward Classes Commission before finalizing the sub-categorized lists and the Report.
The Sub-categorisation commission was tasked to examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among castes included in the broad category of OBC in central government jobs and educational institutions especially with reference to OBCs included in the Central list.
