OBC Bill Gets Green Light From President Ram Nath Kovind
Royal assent was granted to the Constitution (105th Amendment) Act, 2021, on August 18 by President Ram Nath Kovind after it was passed in Parliament on August 11. The act directs states to recognize Socially and Economically Backward classes. According to it, states and union territories have the right, by law, "to make a list of the SEBC which may differ from the Centre list".