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The government has no records of office expenditure incurred for the Justice G. Rohini Commission for the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) since September 2021, according to replies to Right to Information requests filed by The Hindu...
The Commission was formed in 2017 to sub-categorise the nearly 3,000 OBC caste groups and recommend a quota break-up among them..
It was initially given 12 weeks to submit a report in this regard but has so far received 14 extensions - the latest one in January this year...
In response to specific queries about office expenditure incurred by the Commission after August 2021, the MoSJE said, The information may be treated as nil, adding this was because it was not maintained with the concerned information officer...
As part of its work, the Commission had found that a small group of dominant OBC caste groups were routinely crowding out a large number of communities within the OBC grouping from benefits like reservation, according to sources aware of the panels working...
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No record of office expenses for Justice Rohini Commission on OBC quota for 2 years: RTI
23, May, 23The government has no records of office expenditure incurred for the Justice G. Rohini Commission for the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) since September 2021, according to replies to Right to Information requests filed by The Hindu.