Tag: OBC
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Modi terms minority reservation act of treason
Hyderabad : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said attempts to provide reservation to minorities are betrayal with the nation and an insult to the framers of the Indian Constitution. Addressing an election rally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he called for defeating any such move to protect the country’s unity. Hitting out at the…
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OBC creamy layer concept extended to PSUs, financial institutions
New Delhi : Twentyfour years after its introduction in the government, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to extend the concept of creamy layer in OBC reservations to Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and financial institutions. The Cabinet, which had last week raised the annual income ceiling of Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh for…
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OBC creamy layer bar raised, panel to work out sub-categorisation
New Delhi : The creamy layer ceiling for Other Backward Classes candidates for securing government jobs was on Wednesday raised to Rs 8 lakh as the union cabinet cleared a proposal for a commission to work out sub-categorisation within OBCs for a “more equitable distribution of reservation benefits”. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said after…