Pradhan urges Centre to add Odisha's 108 SEBC communities in central OBC list

Key Points

1. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan requested the inclusion of 108 SEBC communities of Odisha in the Central OBC list.
2. The request was made to the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar.
3. The letter was written on December 23, 2025.
4. Odisha has 216 Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) communities.
5. Dharmendra Pradhan urged Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi to reconstitute the Odisha State Commission for Backwards Classes (OSCBC).
6. The OSCBC is functus officio since January 3, 2024.