Other Backward Classes

SRINAGAR: Lok Sabha on Tuesday approved three crucial bills for Jammu and Kashmir, including one granting Scheduled Tribe status to Pahari Ethnic Group, Paddari tribes, Koli, and Gadda Brahmins. Another bill provides reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Panchayats and Municipalities, while the third aims to include Valmikis in the Scheduled Castes (SCs) list. […]

SRINAGAR: On Monday, the Centre presented a bill in the Lok Sabha to implement reservations for Other Backward Classes in local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir. Currently, Panchayats and Municipalities in the Union Territory lack provisions for reserving seats for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home, Nityanand Rai, introduced the bill […]