NBCFDC loans under ‘Visvas’ scheme to benefit 15 lakh SCs, OBCs and safai karamcharis

NBCFDC loans under ‘Visvas’ scheme to benefit 15 lakh SCs, OBCs and safai karamcharis

New Delhi: The National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC) is set to disburse loans under the newly-launched “Visvas” scheme from next month, with an aim to help 15 lakh people belonging to the SC, OBC, and safai karamchari communities, a senior official said on Friday. The Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ki Aarthik … Read more

गठबंधन धर्म, रोजगार का कर्म और… तीसरे कार्यकाल के पहले बजट में मोदी सरकार ने तीन बातों का रखा ध्यान

गठबंधन धर्म, रोजगार का कर्म और… तीसरे कार्यकाल के पहले बजट में मोदी सरकार ने तीन बातों का रखा ध्यान

क्रिकेट मैच में सचिन, धोनी, विराट, रोहित जैसे बड़े बल्लेबाज भी बाउंस वाली पिच पर पहले कुछ गेंद संभलकर खेलते हैं. पिच का मिजाज, गेंदबाज की रफ्तार, मौसम का माहौल, सबकुछ भांपते हैं. फिर एक बार टिक गए तो फिर जमकर शॉट खेलते हैं. इस बार के लोकसभा नतीजों के बाद तीसरी बार सरकार बनी … Read more

Taking steps to issue OBC certificates to eligible Marathas: Maharashtra govt. tells HC

Taking steps to issue OBC certificates to eligible Marathas: Maharashtra govt. tells HC

Maratha activists participate in a bike rally in Karad on Wednesday to press for reservation. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai The Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it was taking “all necessary steps” to include eligible Marathas in the Other Backward Castes (OBC) category by granting them Kunbi caste certificates. The … Read more

Jarange-Patil asks Maharashtra government to issue OBC certificates to 54 lakh Marathas immediately

Jarange-Patil asks Maharashtra government to issue OBC certificates to 54 lakh Marathas immediately

Maratha leader Manoj Jarange Patil leads the Maratha Reservation Front’s march towards Lonavala in Pune, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Pro-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on January 24 asserted that 54 lakh records had been found so far in Maharashtra, identifying members of the Maratha community as Kunbi, an OBC sub-caste. He … Read more

OBC leaders targeting Marathas, claims quota activist Manoj Jarange

OBC leaders targeting Marathas, claims quota activist Manoj Jarange

Activist Manoj Jarange Patil. File | Photo Credit: PTI Quota activist Manoj Jarange on November 7 alleged that OBC leaders were targeting Marathas by getting false offences registered against them and said Maratha leaders should stand with the youth of the community. Mr. Jarange’s statement comes a day after Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said “backdoor” … Read more

Gujarat Assembly passes Bill for more OBC seats in local bodies

Gujarat Assembly passes Bill for more OBC seats in local bodies

The BJP government in Gujarat on Friday passed a Bill in the Assembly earmarking 27% of seats in local bodies like panchayats, municipalities, and civic corporations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Previously, the communities had a 10% reservation.  The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023, was passed through a majority voice vote in the … Read more

OBC leader Om Prakash Rajbhar meets Amit Shah, joins NDA

OBC leader Om Prakash Rajbhar meets Amit Shah, joins NDA

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with national president and founder of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party Om Prakash Rajbhar as the latter joins BJP-led NDA in New Delhi on July 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In a boost to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, OBC leader Om Prakash Rajbhar has decided to ally with the … Read more

Milli Council condemns cancellation of 2B OBC category reservation for Muslims

Milli Council condemns cancellation of 2B OBC category reservation for Muslims

Mohammad Asgar Chulbul, national secretary of All India Milli Council (AIMC), condemned the State government’s move to cancel reservation for Muslims under 2B of Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. The State Cabinet has moved Muslims to the Economically Weaker Sections quota. In a media note released on Saturday, the Muslim leader termed the move as … Read more

Will not allow Census till demand on OBC headcount met: Tejashwi

Will not allow Census till demand on OBC headcount met: Tejashwi

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday upped the ante on the issue of headcount of Other Backward Classes by declaring that he will “not allow any census in Bihar” unless the Centre acceded to the demand for coming out with the numbers of OBCs, besides the SCs and the STs. Yadav also lambasted the BJP … Read more