“Ensure that the issue of caste certificate is done expeditiously, there should not be any error in it and the eligible beneficiary should not be exempted from taking advantage of it,” instructed Chairman, State Backward Classes Commission Thaneshwar Sahu to the officers.

Sahu further said that it should be ensured from the very beginning that the caste certificates of the children are made in the schools. Even after giving NEET and JEE entrance, some students are engaged in getting the caste certificate made after taking the result, due to which they face problems due to less time. If 100% target is achieved at the initial stage itself, then the children will not face any kind of problem later.

Vice-Chairman of the Commission R N Verma, Member Mahesh Chandravanshi, District Panchayat President Shalini Rivendra Yadav, Chairman of Durg Corporation Rajesh Yadav and other guests were present.

Besides this, Secretary of the Commission V Sahu, Additional Collector Padmini Bhoi, CEO of Zila Panchayat Ashwini Devangan, Assistant Commissioner Priyamvada Ramteke and Officer of Commission Anita Dekate were also present. In the meeting, Vice-President Verma said that sometimes there is error on the part of the officials in deciding the creamy layer. In this case, keep in view the decision of the court in the case of Ritu Namdev vs Government of Chhattisgarh. There is clearly guidance that according to the grade of the officer and on the basis of the age limit falling on this grade, the creamy layer will be decided. The Commission took information from all the departmental officers about the benefits to OBC category in their beneficiary oriented schemes. Officials of the Labor Department said that in two years, more than 14 thousand OBC beneficiaries are being given the benefits of the schemes by the Construction Workers Welfare Board. About 3,000 beneficiaries have been given the benefit of the schemes of Social Security Board