which communities come under other backward classes (obc)? who identified them and how?
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Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes which are educationally or economically disadvantaged. It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs). The OBCs were found to comprise 52% of the country's population by the Mandal Commission report of 1980, a figure which had shrunk to 41% by 2006 when the National Sample Survey Organisation took place.[1][2][3]There is substantial debate over the exact number of OBCs in India; it is generally estimated to be sizable, but many believe that it is lower than the figures quoted by either the Mandal Commission or the National Sample Survey.[4]
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The OBC communities mainly comprise of small cultivators, agricultural labourers, artisans, people engaged in weaving, fishing, construction work, etc. They constitute a majority of poor and backward population that have been producing a variety of goods & services but continue to suffer due to unfair terms and condition.
They were listed as other backward classes on the recommendation of the Backward Classes Commission under the chairman B.P. Mandal in 1978.
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