15 new castes included in central OBC list: Govt
As per a notification issued by the Central government, as many as fifteen new castes, including Gadheri/itafarosh in Bihar, Jhora in Jharkhand and Labana in Jammu and Kashmir, have been included in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Notably, the National Commission of Backward Classes (NCBC) had recommended a total of 28 changes in respect of eight states. 