UP govt approves inclusion of 17 OBCs in SC list
Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday approved a proposal to include 17 Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the Scheduled Class list. Notably, the Centre had last week included 15 new castes in the central list of OBCs. The new inclusions in the central list include Gadheri/Itafarosh from Bihar and Jhora from Jharkhand, among others.