NCBC notice to West Bengal on central OBC list tweak

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on October 21, 2023
The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has requested West Bengal to provide evidence of the status and ethnographic details of 87 castes recommended for inclusion in the central Other Backward Classes (OBC) list. The NCBC has also asked for a justification for not increasing the OBC quota from 17% to 22% as...

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National Commission for Backward Classes

Indian Government Social Justice Agency
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West Bengal

State in Eastern India
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Other Backward Class

Term for socially or educationally disadvantaged group of people in India
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