OBC RESERVATION NOT ON CASTEIt has always been a strategy of some groups inIndia to spread lie. It is called Globel's Tactis. If you are hammered with false from so many mouths, wrong things, articles, statements are taken as facts. General people and specially people covered under OBC are under the influence of these Gobels rumours.Reservation for socially and educationally backward classes has been listed in constitution of India and was stated set the commission to decide reservation for such class. Time killing tactics kill 40 years (2 generations) and the reservation based on Mandal Commission report was implemented by V. P. Singh.Mandal commission does not give reservation on caste. It has set criterion onSocial, Educational and Economical parameters and a marking scale was prepared. Reservation can not be given by name, surname or place. The best suited criteria in Indian context is to group on the basis of caste. Hence, those castes which areunder above parameters are included in OBC list.. These lists contain thousands of castes from all religions- such as Muslim, Sikh, Hindu etc. The criterion under which OBC are classified are given beside.Two marks were allotted to each indicator, the total score adds up to 22. All these 11 indicators were applied to the people covered by the survey for a particular state. As a result of this application, all castes which had a score of 50% and more (i.e. 11 points) were listed as socially and educationally backward. The SEBC were found to be 52% in India and 27 % reservation was declared for SEBC.OBC CRITERIONSOCIALClasses considered as socially backward by others.Classes which mainly depend on manual labour for their livelihood.Classes where at least 25 per cent females and 10 per cent males above the state average get married at an age below 17 years in rural areas and at least 10 per cent females and 5 per cent males do so in urban areas.Classes where participation of females in work is at least 25 per cent above the state average.EducationalClasses where the number of children in the age group of 515 years who never attended school is at least 25 percent above the state average.Classes where the rate of student drop-out in the age group of 515 years is at least 25 percent above the state average.Classes amongst whom the proportion of matriculates is at least 25 per cent below the state average.EconomicClasses where the average value of family assets is at least 25 per cent below the state average.Classes where the number of families living in kuccha houses is at least 25 per cent above the state average.Classes where the source of drinking water is beyond half kilometer for more than 50 per cent of the households.Classes where the number of households having taken consumption loans is at least 25 per cent above the state average.