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  2. List of Muslim Other Backward Classes communities in India

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    21 Only Muslim Mochis are in the OBC list, the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status. 22 caste mahigeer faruki ob list Explanation: In the above list for Uttar Pradesh for all castes linked with traditional hereditary occupations, except those entered with specific mention of name of religion, are included, irrespective of whether their ...

  3. Other Backward Class - Wikipedia

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    The Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify communities that are "educationally or socially backward" (i.e., disadvantaged). It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with general castes , Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs).

  4. List of Scheduled Castes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives.

  5. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Wikipedia

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    Overall, estimates of the SC population in India without religious bar vary, such as 25% in Religion 2020, 24% in Global Attitudes 2019, and 23% in Global Attitudes 2017 by the Pew Research Center. Other estimates include 22% by IHDS (2005) , 19% by NES (2019) , and 21% by NFHS (2015-2016) , all of which are higher than the 16% and 17% recorded ...

  6. Court cases related to reservation in India - Wikipedia

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    M. Nagraj & Others v. Union of India and Others (AIR 2007 SC 71) held the amendments constitutional. Suraj Bhan Meena v. State of Rajasthan (2011) 1 SCC 467: Government rules for reservation cannot be introduced without quantifiable data of backwardness and underrepresentation. S. Balakrishnan v. S. Chandrasekar 28/2/2005, The Government of ...

  7. List of Telugu castes - Wikipedia

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    Scheduled Castes (SCs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups. [7] [8] Scheduled Castes are given reservation status guaranteeing political representation, preference in promotion, quota in universities, free and stipended education, scholarships, banking services, various government schemes.

  8. Upper Backward Castes of Bihar - Wikipedia

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    The Koeri, Kurmi, Yadav, and Bania are categorised as the upper-backwards amongst the Other Backward Class group; [1] while the various other caste groups which constitute the OBC, a group comprising 51% of the population of state of Bihar, have been classified as lower backwards. The upper-backwards, also called upper OBC, represent ...

  9. Mandal Commission - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, based on its rationale that OBCs ("Other backward classes") identified on the basis of caste, social, economic indicators made up 52% of India's population, the commission's report recommended that members of Other Backward Classes (OBC) be granted reservations to 27% of jobs under the central government and public sector undertakings ...