OBC panel urges government to calculate OBC in census

The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has urged the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to learn as part of the “Census of India 2021 exercise” to collect data on the population of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the country. NCBC Secretary Anand Kumar sent the recommendation to the Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice on Thursday. Kumar did not respond to queries sent by The Indian Express. NCBC sources confirmed that the communiqué was sent to the ministry. While a petition filed by one Mallesh Yadav in the case is pending before the Supreme Court, the NCBC wrote that it “desired that the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment may defend the writ petition” in the apex court.

The matter was considered by the NCBC in its full plenary meeting recently and the sources said, The decision was taken unanimously. NCBC was given constitutional status by the last Narendra Modi-led regime, and the government headed by former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice G. Rohini to subclassify OBC to give the benefit of reservation to weaker sections. Commission is formed. .

The Rohini Commission is also facing difficulties due to non-availability of data on various communities classified under the OBC. The Rohini Commission got a new term on January 22, 2020 – it was tasked with “studying the various entries in the central list of the OBCs and recommending any recurrence, ambiguity, discrepancies and corrections of spelling or transcription errors”. Was. The panel wrote a letter to Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on December 12, 2018, In which a proper budget provision was requested for the proposed All India Survey for estimation of caste-wise population of OBCs. Subsequently, on March 7, 2019, Justice Rohini wrote to Gehlot, “We have now decided not to conduct such a survey at this level.” On the politically fragile issue, the Odisha government has recently decided to launch the first state survey of social and educational conditions of people from backward classes.

The proposal to conduct the survey was approved by the Odisha State Backward Classes Commission on 26 February this year. It is to be held between 1 May to 20 May. The Government of Odisha has recently decided to launch the first state survey of social and educational conditions of people from backward classes. The proposal to conduct the survey was approved by the Odisha State Backward Classes Commission on 26 February this year. It is to be held between 1 May to 20 May. The Government of Odisha has recently decided to launch the first state survey of social and educational conditions of people from backward classes. The proposal to conduct the survey was approved by the Odisha State Backward Classes Commission on 26 February this year. It is to be held between 1 May to 20 May.