OBCs and subcategories: Why this has been a hot-button issue for long

OBCs, the beneficiaries of 27% reservation in Central Govt jobs, are not a monolith. Within the OBC are hundreds of castes, all at different levels of marginalisation. States have long sought to dice the OBC quota to ensure equity, but subcategorisation at the central level has seen difficulties

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