India, April 1 -- The Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has expressed serious concern over the widespread use of fake OBC caste certificates in government recruitment, which has allowed some candidates to unfairly benefit from reserved vacancies. To address this issue, the Committee has made several key recommendations, including the implementation of an online system for issuing and verifying caste certificates.

The Committee has urged that all caste certificates be issued digitally and made accessible on a central website. This would allow recruiting agencies to verify the authenticity of certificates quickly and transparently. "Once it is done, it would ensure transparency and the recruiting agency ca...