OBC list may get longer
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 22, 2010First Published: 00:42 IST(22/7/2010)
The Centre is set to include 185 castes from Chattisgarh and Jharkhand
in the Centre's Other Backward Classes (OBC) list, nine years after
the two states were created. The move is aimed at inclusive
development to check growth of Naxalism. Of the 34 most Naxal-affected
districts, half of them are in Jharkhand (10) and Chattisgarh (7). In
the past few months, there has been a spike in Naxal activity,
especially in Dhantewada district in Chattisgarh.
The Union cabinet is on Thursday likely to discuss a proposal to
include 64 castes from Chattisgarh and 121 from Jharkhand in the
central OBC list in order to allow them a share in central resources.
"Most of these castes are erstwhile tribals who became Hindus several
decades ago," an official said. "These castes have the same culture as
tribals but don't get benefits such as reservation," he added. In
India, tribals get 7.5 per cent reservation in government jobs and
admission in higher education.
Once the cabinet approves the proposal, these castes, numbering
several lakhs, will be eligible for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs
in government jobs and higher education. "It will bring parity in
providing government benefits to the deprived," the official said.
The proposal indicates the central government's view that Naxalism is
not a problem in a only few districts but in the entire tribal
community that resides in the red corridor from Bihar to Andhra
Pradesh.
The Prime Minister's Office has circulated a plan for tribal
development in the National Development Council meeting on July 24.
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