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OBC in TN rural local bodies
February 26 , 2025
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- The overall share of OBCs in the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) is 12.39%.
- The break-up is being 12.16% in village panchayats; 15.42% in panchayat unions and 17.25% in district panchayats.
- The report also talks of women’s quota, which has been mentioned as 57.3% at the overall level.
- At the three layers of the RLBs, the figures are 57.2%, 58.07% and 55.41%.
- Tamil Nadu has the provision only for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes based on the proportion of the communities to the State’s population and for the women (50% - horizontal).
- As on January 1, 2024, the figures of the share of “non-reserved General and the Backward Classes representatives” were as follows:
- 65% in respect of presidents of village panchayats;
- 72% for members of village panchayats’ wards;
- 76% for panchayat unions’ ward members and
- 72% for district panchayats’ ward members.
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