Editing Other Backward Class (section)

==Government obligation==
Under Article 340 of the Indian Constitution, the government must promote the welfare of the OBCs.
{{blockquote|The president may by order appoint a commission consisting of such persons as he thinks fit to investigate the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC) within the territory of India and the difficulties under which they labour and to make recommendations as to the steps that should be taken by the union or any state to remove such difficulties and as to improve their condition and as to the grants that should be made, and the order appointing such commission shall define the procedure to be followed by the commission. ... A commission so appointed shall investigate the matters referred to them and present to the president a report setting out the facts as found by them and making such recommendation as they think proper.|Article 340 of the Indian Constitution}}

A 1992 decision of the Supreme Court of India resulted in a requirement that 27% of civil service positions be reserved for members of OBCs.<ref name="12011/68/93"/> In a reply to a question in [[Lok Sabha]], Union Minister [[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)|Jitendra Singh]] informed that as of January 2016, the percentage of OBCs in central government jobs is 21.57%.<ref name="auto1"/>