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The number of backward castes in Central list of OBCs has now increased to 5,013+ (without the figures for most of the Union Territories) in 2006 as per National Commission for Backward Classes. [3] In October 2015, National Commission for Backward Classes proposed that a person belonging to OBC with an annual family income of up to ₹15 lakhs ...
[1] [15] [16] The number of backward castes in Central list of OBCs has now increased to 5,013 (without the figures for most of the Union Territories) in 2006 as per National Commission for Backward Classes. [17] [18] [19] Figures of caste-wise population are not available beyond. So the commission used 1931 census data to calculate the number ...
In 1993, Parliament set up the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) as a statutory authority for this purpose. [5] Since then State governments have also had their own Backward Classes Commissions in order to evaluate backwardness and affirmative action policies. Since 1992, the demand for greater protections for backward classes grew.
The functions of the committee are: [1] [4] (a) to consider and examine the recommendations contained in the reports of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Government of India, in so far as the Punjab State is concerned and which fall within the purview of the State Government, and to report to the House as to the measures that should be taken by the State ...
The Backward Classes Division of the Ministry looks after the policy, planning, and implementation of programmes relating to social and economic empowerment of OBCs, and matters relating to two institutions set up for the welfare of OBCs, the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation and the National Commission for Backward ...
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is a constitutional body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, established in 2004. It is responsible for the protection, welfare, development, and advancement of Scheduled Castes in India. [ 1 ]
According to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) guidelines, to be classified as OBC, a caste has to satisfy the following criteria: [28] Social: The caste should be considered as socially backward by other castes; Educational: The caste's school non-enrollment rate should be at least 25% above the state average
Hansraj Ahir is an Indian politician and current Chairman of the National Commission for Backward classes. [1] He is a former Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers in the First Modi Ministry. He was the former member of the 16th Lok Sabha in India.