Hyderabad, March 4 -- The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes has urged the Centre to include 40 additional castes from the state in the Central OBC list before the upcoming Census exercise.
In a press release issued here today, the Commission said the house-listing phase of the Census in Telangana will be conducted from May 11 to June 9, 2026, followed by population enumeration from February 9 to February 28, 2027.
The Commission noted that while 130 castes are recognised as Backward Classes in Telangana, only 90 castes are currently included in the central government's OBC list. It expressed concern that the exclusion of the remaining 40 castes could lead to underreporting of the actual BC population in the state during the Census...