The Union Cabinet has given its approval for inclusion of how many new castes in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in respect of 8 states.

2016

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A	12
B	5
C	23
D	15

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -NEW DELHI: The Government today approved inclusion of 15 new castes and modification in 13 other castes in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The number of backward castes and communities was 3, 743 in the initial list of Mandal Commission set up in 1979–80. The number of backward castes in Central list of OBCs has now increased to 5, 013 (without the figures for most of the Union Territories) in 2006 as per National Commission for Backward Classes.

Detailed explanation-3: -What were the recommendation of Mandal Commission? The Commission recommended that members of OBCs be given 27 per cent reservations for jobs under the Central government and public sector undertakings. This would take the total number of reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to 49 per cent.

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