Backward Class Centre for Empowerment

bc stands for backward class which is otherwise known as obc. people other than general, sc/st category generally belong to obc category. more than thousand castes had been categorized under obc category by mandal commission for reservation for jobs, study etc. under central govt. apart from that respective state govt. have their own list of obc. other backward class (obc) is a collective term used by the government of india to classify castes which are educationally and socially disadvantaged. the obcs were found to comprise 52% of the country's population by the mandal commission report of 1980, a figure which had shrunk to 41% by 2006 when the national sample survey organization took place. in the indian constitution, obcs are described as "socially and educationally backward classes”. the list of central list of obcs (obcs) maintained by the indian ministry of social justice and empowerment is dynamic, with castes and communities being added or removed depending on social, educatio