New Delhi, Mar 10: India’s central government reserves 27% of direct recruitment vacancies in civil posts and services for Other Backward Classes, Lok Sabha heard Tuesday.
Minister of State for Social Justice B L Verma confirmed the Department of Personnel and Training enforces this via a 1993 office memo and updates, ensuring OBCs (socially and educationally backward classes) get their share.
Beyond quotas, welfare steps shine through PM-YASASVI—pre- and post-matric scholarships, elite schooling, hostels for OBC students—plus SHREYAS-OBC for higher studies, fellowships, and Dr Ambedkar loan subsidies for overseas dreams. Schemes evolve with stakeholder input
