Lok Sabha Question No. 3512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: Castes under OBC Category
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT**

**LOK SABHA**

#### UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3512

#### TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2015

**†3512. CASTES UNDER OBC CATEGORY**

**SHRI RAJU SHETTY:**

**Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:**

(a) the details of the castes included in the list of backward classes before the implementation of the Mandal Commission, State-wise; and

(b) the percentage of reservation provided to them in jobs in various States?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF STATE FOR Social Justice and Empowerment

**(SHRI KRHSIAN PAL GURJAR)**

(a) The first Central List of OBCs was notified in 1993. The details of the castes included in the list of backward classes before the implementation of the Mandal Commission, State-wise is not maintained in Central Government.

(b) The details are annexed.

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**Annexure**

|   S. No. | Name State/UT        | **Reservation Quota for OBCs in States/UTs**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|----------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh       | Reservation to OBCs in State aided Educational Institutions and in State services is 29%. It is divided among five groups as under:  BC-A=7%, BC-B=10%, BC-C=01%, BC- D=07%, BC- E=04%.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh    | There is no OBC population in the State. Hence there is no reservation for OBCs in the State.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        3 | Assam                | Providing 27% reservation to OBCs  in State services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        4 | Bihar                | The OBCs reservation quota in the State is  as follows:  BC-II- 12%  BC-I – 18%  OBCs Women- 03%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|        5 | Chhatisgarh          | Providing 14% reservation to OBCs in State services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        6 | NCT of Delhi         | 27% reservation in civil posts and services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|        7 | Goa                  | Government of Goa has  approved enhancement of  OBC quota from  19.5% to 27% .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        8 | Gujarat              | Providing 27% reservation to socially and educationally backward class in State services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|        9 | Haryana              | Providing 27% reservation in class III & IV and 10% in class I & II to OBCs in State services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh     | Providing reservation @ 12% in Class-I & II and 18% in Class-III & IV posts to the persons belonging to OBC category, in the services of the State.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|       11 | J & K                | Providing reservation to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes in direct recruitment as under:  (i)   Weak & Under Privileged Classes (social castes)  2%  (ii)  Residents of Areas adjoining Line Actual  Line of Control (ALC)                                                    3%  (iii) Residents of Backward Areas (RBA)                     20%.  For appointment by promotion as under  :  Resident of Backward Area –             10%  Actual Line of Control (ALC) –         02%  Weak and under privileged Classes – 01% |
|       12 | Jharkhand            | Providing 14% reservation to OBCs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|       13 | Karnataka            | Providing 32% reservation to OBCs for the purpose of admission to Educational  Institutions and in Employment in State Civil Services and Government of Karnataka Undertakings.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|       14 | Kerala               | Providing 40% reservation to OBCs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh       | Providing 14%  reservation to OBCs in the State.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|       16 | Maharashtra          | Providing reservation to OBCs in State services as under:  Special Backward Category      2%  Other Backward Classes         19%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|       17 | Manipur              | Providing 17% reservation for OBCs in the  State.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|       18 | Meghalaya            | No community has been recognized as OBCs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|       19 | Mizoram              | There is no OBC in the State.  Hence making reservation for OBC in the State does not arise.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|       20 | Nagaland             | State of Nagaland does not have OBC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       21 | Odisha               | Provision for reservation of 27% for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes  in the posts and services in the State.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|       22 | Punjab               | Providing 12% reservation to Backward Classes in direct recruitment in government employment and 5% reservation in educational institutions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|       23 | Rajasthan            | Providing 21% reservation to OBCs in State services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       24 | Sikkim               | Reservation in posts and services to be filled up by direct recruitment by OBCs under the State Govt. & Public Sector Undertaking is 21%.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|       25 | Tamil Nadu           | Providing reservation to OBCs in the State level Services as under:  Backward Classes                                                     26.5%  Backward Classes  Muslim                                         3.5%  Most Backward Classes/Denotified Community     20%.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|       26 | Tripura              | There is no reservation quota for OBCs in the State.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh        | Providing 27% reservation to OBCs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|       28 | Uttarakhand          | Providing 14% reservation to OBCs in State level services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|       29 | West Bengal          | 17% of the vacancies are reserved for OBCs in services and posts under the Govt.  of West Bengal.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|       30 | A & N Islands        | Providing 38%  reservation to OBCs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|       31 | Chandigarh           | Providing 27% reservation to OBCs in State services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       32 | Daman & Diu          | Providing 27% reservation to OBCs in State services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       33 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Providing 5% reservation to OBCs in State services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|       34 | Lakshadweep          | There is no OBC population in this Union Territory because entire population is Muslim Scheduled Tribe. Hence Nil.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|       35 | Puducherry           | Providing reservation to OBCs in State services as under :  Most Backward Classes (MBCs)        20%  Other Backward Classes (OBCs)        13%  Backward Tribes (BT)                             1%  Total Backward Classes                       34%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |