Question : EXCLUSION OF CASTES FROM OBCs LIST

(a) whether the Government is contemplating to exclude those castes, which have ceased to be backward from the ambit of reservation and have advanced, after 13 years of Mandal mandated reservation;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SMT. SUBBULAKSHMI JAGADEESAN)

(a) to (c) The exercise contemplated under Section 11
(i) of the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1933 is to be undertaken every 10 years. Hence, presently it is not due.