Government Approved Inclusion of More Castes and Communities in the Central List of OBCs

The Union Cabinet of India on 2 June 2011 approved inclusion of the names of some castes and communities in the Central list of other backward classes. The Union Cabinet gave this approval on the advice of National Commission for backward Classes which asked for amendment in the list of backward classes. These caste and communities belong to 14 states namely Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh and two union territories- Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry.

The Union Cabinet of India also approved a payment security scheme to make sure that financial closure of projects under phase-1 of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.