Other Backward Classes definition
Examples of Other Backward Classes in a sentence
At present, the 72 existing seats are divided into four categories, three of which comprise reserved seats: five for Scheduled Tribes, 11 for Scheduled Castes, and 19 for Other Backward Classes, the addition of which provoked a mass agitation by members of the medical fraternity in 2006 (see chapter 4).
Beginning the year 2020-21, with proposed funding from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, NBCFDC is to operate a new Interest Subvention model named “Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ki ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (VISVAS) Yojana” for the SHGs loans/borrowings up to Rs. 4.00 lakh having 100% of its Members from Other Backward Classes (OBC) and for OBC individuals with loan/borrowing up to Rs. 2.00 lakh subject to the applicable annual family income criteria.
Fifty per cent of the 1,000 students will be from the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes.
Additionally, relying on different people and strategies at different stages of recruitment led to a more varied sample than would otherwise have been selected by one person or strategy; the participants represented a variety of Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes, but there was not religious diversity or members of Upper Castes.