BHUBANESWAR, Jan. 13 -- Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday demanded that the State Government implement the Mandal Commission recommendation of providing a 27% reservation to SEBC and OBC candidates in Government jobs and higher education sector.
"It has been 30 years since the commission recommendation implemented in the country in 1990. While SEBC and the OBC is a major constituent of Odisha population, it is not understood why the State Government has not implemented 27 per cent reservation for them," Pradhan said in response to a question of reporters on the State Government's move for enumeration of SEBC and OBC population along with the General Census in 2021.
He said he had earlier on Ju...