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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged his counterpart successful the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar, to see 108 Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) communities of Odisha successful the Central OBC list.
The radical categorised arsenic Other Backward Class (OBC) astatine the cardinal level are known arsenic Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) successful Odisha.
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Mr. Pradhan, successful a missive to Virendra Kumar connected Monday (December 23, 2025), said, "I would similar to gully your benignant attraction to a substance of large value concerning the parity betwixt the State and cardinal lists of Other Backward Classes (OBC) successful Odisha." The Union Education Minister, who hails from Odisha, pointed retired that respective communities that is already recognised successful the State database of SEBC by the State Government are yet to beryllium included successful the Central OBC list.
"This discrepancy has resulted successful administrative ambiguities and interpretational challenges for members of these communities, peculiarly erstwhile they migrate crossed the States oregon question entree to Central Government services, acquisition institutions, oregon employment opportunities," Mr. Pradhan said.
Noting that Odisha has a important SEBC population, Mr. Pradhan said that their exclusion from the Central OBC database deprives them of azygous entree to preservation benefits and payment schemes disposable astatine the nationalist level.
Mr. Pradhan said that inclusion of these communities successful the Central OBC database is indispensable to guarantee parity betwixt the State and Central frameworks, portion besides advancing the origin of societal justness and inclusive development.
He besides attached a elaborate database of 108 SEBC communities projected for inclusion successful the cardinal database of OBCs.
"Given the value of the matter, I petition your idiosyncratic involution to look into the substance for inclusion of these communities successful the Central OBC list, which would guarantee azygous entree to benefits of reservations and payment schemes," Mr. Pradhan said, adding that this would beforehand acquisition and economical advancement among historically disadvantaged groups successful the State.
Mr. Pradhan, connected Monday (December 23), had besides urged Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to reconstitute the Odisha State Commission for Backwards Classes (OSCBC).
In a missive to Mr. Majhi, Mr. Pradhan said Odisha has 216 Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) communities, and they proceed to look challenges successful accessing benefits successful the lack of a functioning commission.
"I would similar to gully your benignant attraction towards the reconstitution of OSCBC, which is presently functus officio pursuing the completion of its tenure connected January 3, 2024 and the lack of appointed members," helium said.
