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OBC representation below 27% quota in postal dept: panel
The Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of OBCs has flagged under-representation of OBCs in the Department of Posts, with representation below the prescribed 27% quota in several cadres. The report, tabled in Lok…
The Story in Brief
The Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of OBCs has flagged under-representation of OBCs in the Department of Posts, with representation below the prescribed 27% quota in several cadres. The report, tabled in Lok Sabha on Friday, showed OBC representation at just 7.2% in Group A junior time scale, 19.5% among inspectors and 21% among stenographers in Group B, and 25.2% for postal assistants and 26.1% for postmen in Group C.
The committee also noted that over 2.5 lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks earn minimum basic pay of Rs 10,000-12,000 a month for 4-5 hours of daily work and recommended a pay hike. It asked the department to fill 207 backlog vacancies reserved for OBCs in Group C, particularly 204 in West Bengal, and to conduct special recruitment drives to reach the 27% benchmark.
The Indian Opinion
The report exposes a familiar gap: three decades of reservation policy have not translated into proportional representation even in a postal department that serves rural India. Some narratives blame the quota system itself, but the shortfall across officer grades and the huge backlog point instead to bureaucratic neglect. Others may see this as a government failure, yet the committee's chairman is a BJP MP – showing internal accountability exists. The real test is whether the department will actually clear those 207 vacancies and raise GDS wages before the next parliamentary scrutiny.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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