RESERVATION SYSTEM IN

INDIA
 POPULATION DATA
• SC/ST
• According to 2001 census of India the population of
SC/ST is 24.4%
• Other Backward Classes
• After 1931,caste data is not collected for non SC/ST
caste-groups in census
• Mandal commission estimated OBC population based
on 1931 census as 52%
• National Sample Survey's 1999-2000 (NSS 99-00)
round estimated around 36 per cent of the country's
population
• National Family Health Statistics (NFHS) estimates
around 32%
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• Forward Castes
• Leaders (As M. Karunanidhi, Udit Raj) estimate
"forward castes" population as anywhere between 5-
15%.
• NSS Survey estimates around 36%
• National Family Health Statistics (NFHS) estimates
around 38.6%