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backward classes

  • Andhra Pradesh issues ordinance to notify sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes

    Andhra Pradesh issues ordinance to notify sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 18, 2025 · 09:05 am
  • Telangana becomes first state to implement Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation

    Telangana becomes first state to implement Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 14, 2025 · 07:43 pm
  • We will conduct fresh survey to identify OBCs, West Bengal tells Supreme Court

    We will conduct fresh survey to identify OBCs, West Bengal tells Supreme Court

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 19, 2025 · 11:09 am
  • Telangana to conduct second round of caste survey amid Opposition backlash

    Telangana to conduct second round of caste survey amid Opposition backlash

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 13, 2025 · 03:57 pm
  • Backward Classes account for 56.3% of  population in Telangana: Caste survey

    Backward Classes account for 56.3% of population in Telangana: Caste survey

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 03, 2025 · 12:13 pm
  • Why the Patna High Court upheld Bihar’s caste survey

    Why the Patna High Court upheld Bihar’s caste survey

    Vineet Bhalla
    · Aug 10, 2023 · 06:30 am
  • Economic criterion cannot be sole basis for identifying ‘creamy layer’ in backward classes, says SC

    Economic criterion cannot be sole basis for identifying ‘creamy layer’ in backward classes, says SC

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 25, 2021 · 04:17 pm
  • SC rejects Centre’s review plea, says states have no power to identify backward classes

    SC rejects Centre’s review plea, says states have no power to identify backward classes

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 02, 2021 · 12:57 pm
  • Uttar Pradesh: BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar offers to resign as backward classes welfare minister

    Uttar Pradesh: BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar offers to resign as backward classes welfare minister

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 14, 2019 · 04:50 pm
  • Eye on polls in Gujarat, Karnataka, the BJP is all set to push backward classes Bill in Parliament

    Eye on polls in Gujarat, Karnataka, the BJP is all set to push backward classes Bill in Parliament

    Anita Katyal
    · Jul 08, 2017 · 12:30 pm