Other Backward Class (OBC)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Other_Backward_Class_(OBC)
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
Legal classification
gptkbp:category Creamy layer
Non-creamy layer
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:creamyLayerIncomeLimit Rs 8 lakh per annum (as of 2017)
gptkbp:criteria Social and educational backwardness
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:Indian_Constitution
gptkbp:excludes Creamy layer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Other Backward Class (OBC)
gptkbp:legalBasis Article 15(4) of Indian Constitution
Article 16(4) of Indian Constitution
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:Central_List_of_OBCs
gptkbp:Mandal_CommissionReportYear 1980
gptkbp:OBCCertificateIssuedBy State governments
gptkbp:OBCReservationAppliesTo Central educational institutions
Central government jobs
State educational institutions (varies by state)
State government jobs (varies by state)
gptkbp:OBCReservationNotApplicableTo gptkb:Private_sector
General category
Creamy layer OBCs
gptkbp:percentageOfReservation 27%
gptkbp:population ~41% (as per Mandal Commission)
gptkbp:purpose Reservation in education
Reservation in government jobs
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:recommendation gptkb:Mandal_Commission
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Scheduled_Castes_(SC)
gptkb:Scheduled_Tribes_(ST)
gptkbp:reservationImplementedBy gptkb:V._P._Singh_government
gptkbp:reservationInCentralEducationalInstitutions 27%
gptkbp:reservationInCentralGovernmentJobs 27%
gptkbp:reservationIntroducedIn 1992
gptkbp:reservationNotApplicableIn gptkb:Armed_Forces
Certain minority institutions
gptkbp:reservationReviewedBy gptkb:National_Commission_for_Backward_Classes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jat_community
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6