The Naveen Patnaik authorities has launched Odisha State Commission For Backward Classes (Amendment) Bill, 2023 for inclusion of twenty-two castes in the State list of Other Backward Classes.
The State authorities has proposed modification in Section 9 of the Act by inserting, “notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State government, may, by notification, include such backward classes in the list, if the said backward classes have been specified in the Central list in relation to Odisha.” The modification would allow the State authorities to include caste title in the socially and educationally backward lessons (SEBC) list by a notification.
“There are 22 castes and communities along with their synonyms, which have already been included in the list of OBCs for Odisha through various notifications of Centre from time to time, but the same caste and communities have not yet been included in the SEBC list of the State,” mentioned Jagannath Saraka, ST and SC Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister, on Friday.
He mentioned for enabling all social welfare measures and advantages to the folks belonging to these Backward Classes in Odisha, it’s proposed to make needed modification in Odisha State Commission of Backward Classes Act 1993, in order that below particular circumstances, the State authorities by way of notification can include any class of residents as Backward Class in the State list, if the mentioned class has already been notified by Government of India as OBC for the State of Odisha.
Recently, the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes after inspecting the requests for inclusion of sure castes and communities had really useful the State authorities for inclusion of twenty-two castes. These castes include Badhei, Bindhani, Baraji, Baroi, Sankhua Tanti, Gandhamali, Haladia Teli and Kalandi.
As the politics centered round OBCs has gained momentum in the latest previous, each Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been aggressive in cornering the votes of the group. The Naveen Patnaik authorities is now making ready to conduct caste census in order to justify future focused welfare schemes for the castes. The Odisha unit of BJP on Thursday reappointed Manmohan Samal as chief of the get together unit. While he belongs to OBC group, heads of most main political events are from higher castes.
