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  2. National Commission for Scheduled Castes - Wikipedia

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    Haryana: 24 February 2004 6 August 2006 2 years, 163 days 1st Fakir Vaghela: 2 Buta Singh: Punjab: 25 May 2007 24 May 2010 2 years, 364 days 2nd N. M. Kamble: 3 P. L. Punia: Haryana: 15 October 2010 14 October 2013 2 years, 364 days 3rd Raj Kumar Verka: 22 October 2013 21 October 2016 2 years, 365 days 4th 4 Ram Shankar Katheria: Uttar Pradesh ...

  3. List of Muslim Other Backward Classes communities in India

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    21 Only Muslim Mochis are in the OBC list, the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status. 22 caste mahigeer faruki ob list Explanation: In the above list for Uttar Pradesh for all castes linked with traditional hereditary occupations, except those entered with specific mention of name of religion, are included, irrespective of whether their ...

  4. Recognition of same-sex unions in India - Wikipedia

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    In April 2008, Governor Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai signed the Haryana Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2008 into law. The Act provides for the registration of all marriages solemnized in Haryana irrespective of the religion, caste or creed of the parties. It does not explicitly ban same-sex marriages, and defines marriage simply as ...

  5. Reservation in India - Wikipedia

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    Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that was established during the British rule.Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to allocate a specific percentage of reserved quotas or seats, in higher education admissions, employment, political bodies, etc., for "socially and economically backward citizens".

  6. Kushwaha - Wikipedia

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    In 2023, the regional caste organisation of the community in Madhya Pradesh demanded that at least twenty five candidates of the Kushwaha caste should contest the election in 230 membered Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The leaders of the organisation declared that they will support only that political party which will provide appropriate ...

  7. Caste panchayat - Wikipedia

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    Caste panchayats, based on caste system in India, are caste-specific juries of elders for villages or higher-level communities in India. [1] They are distinct from gram panchayats in that the latter, as statutory bodies, serve all villagers regardless of caste as a part of the Indian government, although they operate on the same principles.

  8. Ration card (India) - Wikipedia

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    In some states (such as Bihar and Madhya Pradesh), the state governments used existing data (such as the Socio-Economic Caste Census) to identify households and issue new ration cards. In other states (such as Chhattisgarh and Odisha ), eligible households had to apply for new ration cards through a self-declaration process.

  9. Mahar - Wikipedia

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    Mahar is one of the Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. [11] [12] Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in the middle of the 20th century. [13] [14] As of 2017 the Mahar caste was designated as a Scheduled Caste in 16 Indian states.