India, Dec. 22 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging his personal intervention for the early reconstitution of the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes (OSCBC), which has remained non-functional after the completion of its tenure on January 3, 2024.

Entertainment Industry Newsletters In his letter issued on Monday, Pradhan pointed out that the OSCBC has become functus officio due to the absence of appointed members, resulting in the lack of a statutory mechanism to address the concerns of Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) communities in the state.

Odisha has altogether 216 SEBC communities Highlighting that Odisha is home to as many as 216 S...