History of OBC Reservation

Under Article 340 of the Indian constitution it is obligatory for the government to promote the welfare of the Other Backward Classes.

The first Backward Classes Commission headed by Shri kaka kalelkar in 1953, and Mandal Commission headed by Shri B.P.Mandal in 1980 has given many useful recommendations for the welfare of Other Backward Classes. The population of OBC’s which includes Hindus and Non-Hindus was around 52% of the total population according to the commission.

27% of reservation was recommended owing to legal constraints that the total quantum of reservation should not exceed 50%.

One of the most important recommendations is that all private sector undertakings which have received financial assistance from the government in one form or another should be obliged to recruit personnel on the reservation basis. But, even after 2 decades we are unable to get it inspite of our continuous efforts.

On August 7 1990, the then Prime Minister Shri. V P Singh announced that his National Front Government was going to implement Mandal Commission recommendations in Education and jobs, inspite of strong agitations from Forward Communities. In fact, Shri V P Singh lost his power due to his mandalisation policy. The federation remembers him on this special day for his service rendered to this community.

One needs to understand the psychology of opposition of reservation to OBC’s.

When the jobs are nowhere and everything is gone private, then why are the upper castes angry with the reservation for Backward Communities?

The fact is that seats for dalits were rarely fulfilled and we have seen huge backlog. There has been no protest. It was easier to curtail the protest of the dalits because of their numbers and social background.

Now the reservation for backward communities being a reality, the powerful backward communities will hit and break the bone of upper castes. That is the fear of this community. They know that there are enough students from these communities who will join great institutes of technology and management.

The Supreme Court of India on April 10 2008 upheld the government’s move for initiating 27% OBC quotas in Govt. funded Institutions. But it is necessary for the Govt. at this juncture to exclude the creamy layer policy from the reservation quota.

To be strong in the present scenario, it is more important to show our strength and unity of OBC’s. AIOBC association work towards social justice. AIOBC is giving hand and helping us in this regard.

The issue of under-representation of the socio-economically deprived, discriminated backward caste and classes in the spheres of education, employment, administration and commerce is burning at this stage. I appeal all the member associations to work hard towards the success of the reservation policies.

Let us truly reform our society and work for a truly democratic India, where every community participates in power and every person gets their reservation in respective areas in proportion to their shares in population.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Schemes for SC, OBC launched in Goa


The Goa state scheduled caste (SC) and other backward classes (OBC) finance and development corporation on Tuesday announced a slew of schemes for the SC and OBC communities in Goa.
New chairman Girish Chodankar told mediapersons that the upward ceiling of the corporation's various loan schemes has been enhanced from 5 to 10 lakh and also the repayment period has been increased from 5 to 7 years.
Chodankar said that though the corporation had various loan schemes, the benefit was not reaching the needy due to restrictive conditions.
One condition was for the loan applicant to produce a government surety while applying for a loan. But poor applicants were unable to provide government sureties and therefore could not avail of the loan schemes. Now, these applicants can avail of a loan by providing any person as surety, provided the surety files his returns and his income is sufficient to cover the loan.
Chodankar said that the corporation did not have local schemes for the SC and OBC communities in Goa. Now, it has introduced several schemes. One is the Graha Suraksha loan scheme of up to 2 lakh at an interest of 4% meant for house repairs.
The second scheme is the Adarshila scheme for reviving traditional business activity of up to 2 lakh at 4% interest. This has a back-ended scheme of 25,000 or 12.5% of the project cost, whichever is less.
The corporation has also introduced financial assistance schemes. One is the Vidhyavardini scheme under which the corporation will bear the expenses of tuition fees up to graduate level of SC/OBC students who have secured good marks at the higher secondary (Class XII) level. The benchmark for SC students for availing of this financial assistance is 60% and that for OBC students is 75%.
The second is the funeral assistance scheme. Under this scheme, the corporation will provide an amount of 10,000 to poor SC/OBC families to perform the last rites of their departed family members.
The third is the financial assistance for the purchase of artificial limbs. This scheme has been introduced to take care of handicapped children from the SC/OBC community who are in need of artificial limbs.
Under this scheme, an amount of up to 50,000 will be provided for the purchase of an artificial limb till the child attains the age of 20 years. Another scheme is for the distribution of dictionaries to students of Classes VIII, IX and X. Under this scheme, SC/OBC students will be provided with free English dictionaries.
The last scheme is for the distribution of four GB pen drives to students of Classes XI and XII from the SC/OBC communities.
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