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Odisha’s Survey on Social and Educational Conditions of Backward Classes

Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes (OSCBC) has initiated a survey on the social and educational conditions of...

📅 May 2, 2023

Sant Sevalal Maharaj Jayanti

Sevala Maharaj was a spiritual guru and a socio-religious reformer from the Banjara community. He lived between 1739...

📅 February 27, 2023

Commission for the sub-categorisation of OBCs

In 2017, the President of India constituted a Commission under Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice G...

📅 January 30, 2023

All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2020-2021

The Government of India started the AISHE in 2010-11.  A task force formed from AICTE, UGC, National Medical...

📅 January 30, 2023

Triple Test Survey on Reservation

The Allahabad High Court had ordered the Uttar Pradesh Government to conduct urban local body elections without the...

📅 December 31, 2022

Reservation in Local body polls

The 73rd and 74th amendments provided compulsory reservation for SCs, STs, and women in Panchayats and Municipalities. However,...

📅 March 8, 2022

EWS Criteria review panel formed

The Government of India recently formed an Economically Weaker Section (EWS) review panel. The panel will look in...

📅 December 1, 2021

Justice Rohini Commission

On June 24, 2020, the Union Cabinet under PM Modi approved extension of Justice Rohini Commission to examine...

📅 June 25, 2020

OBC Sub-Categorization Comission

The Union Government had, in October 2017, constituted a special Commission under article 340 which was to examine...

📅 July 31, 2019

Validity of UP Governments Order to List OBC as SC

The order of the Uttar Pradesh government to issue Scheduled Castecertificates to those belonging 17 castes from Other...

📅 July 7, 2019

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