Odisha Begins Backward Classes Survey, Second After Bihar

The OBC survey is being conducted by the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes in both online and offline mode and will continue till May 27.

The much-awaited survey of the other backward classes (OBCs) started across Odisha on Monday, an official said. The survey is being conducted by the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes in both online and offline mode and will continue till May 27.

It is being carried out in all 314 blocks and 114 urban local bodies of the state.

Odisha is incidentally the second state after Bihar to conduct an OBC survey.

The survey will encompass various indicators of backwardness such as occupation, educational qualification along with the type of educational institutions attended by members of the households to gauge the social and educational conditions of the backwardness in Odisha, the official said.