UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-DAILY CAPSULE-AUG 24 2017
CLICK HERE TO SEE DATE WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS OBC list to be sub-categorized News: In a move that could have a far-reaching political and social impact, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to set up a commission which will examine the issue of sub-categorization of the Other Backward Classes (OBC). Beyond News: The committee has a three-point mandate. One, it has to examine the “extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation” among various castes and communities that come under the Central OBC list. The committee also has to work out the mechanism, criteria and parameters for the actual sub-categorization. This will be tricky. The actual reservation will continue to be 27% and within this the committee will have to do the re-arranging. Examples: If the committee comes…



