Question : Inclusion in SC-OBC Category

(a) the number of proposals received from various States for shifting their caste from Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and from general category to Other Backward Classes pending with the Government, State-wise;

(b) whether a child born to a man belonging to OBC in a State where his caste is included in the list of Scheduled Castes is entitled to get an SC certificate from that State;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether children born in Delhi are entitled to get their caste certificates from Delhi itself and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

(a)
(i). Details of State-wise proposals pending with the Ministry for inclusion of OBC castes in the list of Scheduled Castes are as follows:-
S.No. State No. of proposals
1. Bihar 1
2. Chhattisgarh 1
3. Haryana 2
4. Kerala 1
5. Maharashtra 1
6. Odisha 1

(ii). Details of State-wise proposals for inclusion in Other Backward Classes are as follows:-
S.No. Name of the State No. of proposals
1. Andhra Pradesh 09
2. Bihar 02
3. Himachal Pradesh 01
4. Jammu and Kashmir 02
5. Jharkhand 06
6. Maharasthra 01
7. Madhya Pradesh 11
8. Uttarakhand 02
9. Telangana 91

(b) & (c): No Sir. An OBC person cannot claim Scheduled Caste status in the migrated State/UT irrespective of the fact that his community has been specified as Scheduled Caste in the State/UT of migration. To be eligible for Scheduled Castes status in relation to a State/UT, one should be permanent resident of that State/ UT on the date of notification of the Presidential Order applicable in his case.

(d): Does not arise.