The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has recommended an increase in the reservation quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in public employment in Punjab and West Bengal.
Currently, Punjab allocates 25% of public employment positions to Scheduled Castes and 12% to OBCs, totalling 37% reservation.
The NCBC has proposed enhancing the OBC quota by an additional 13%, bringing the total OBC reservation in public employment to 25%.
As on date, 143 communities were included in the State List of OBCs out of which 83 castes/communities belonged to Muslim religion.
A total of 179 OBC communities are enlisted in the State list of OBCs in West Bengal.