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    Home / News / Politics News / Pursuit to divide OBC category into sub-categories
    Pursuit to divide OBC category into sub-categories
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    Pursuit to divide OBC category into sub-categories

    By Sripriya Yegneswaran
    May 26, 2015
    08:08 am
     Pursuit to divide OBC category into sub-categories

    National Commission for Backward Classes(NCBC) is seeking government's approval to divide OBCs into 3 sub-groups. Each of the groups can claim no more than 27% of the quota for OBCs. The groups will be divided based on social, economic and educational backwardness. This is being done to create a level playing field for "backwards among backwards" and safeguard them from stronger OBCs.

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