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The Number Game

Punjab has the largest number of SCs in India. Punjab has the most number of Schedule castes-Sikh SCs
Brahmins form 4 % of Indian population. 'Muslims' are 15-20%. Should Brahmins get a minority status?
Most Brahmins from Andhra are Smartha

Veerashaivas(Lingayats) constitute around 15% of the total population in karnataka
70% of the Lingayats belong to to Panchamasali sect

West Bengal
99 pc Bengal Muslims now on OBC list. Trinamool Congress  has decided to include 33 more categories in the OBC list.At present there are 65 communities in the OBC category. today the cabinet has taken a decision to include 33 more castes and sub-castes into the list which will bring 98 of the identified 143 castes in the state under OBC category,.  Muslims comprise 26 per cent of the electorate of the state.“Previously the reservation for OBC in the state was 7 per cent but it was lifted to 17 per cent in 2010. sked about the rest 45 communities which are left outside the category, Mamata who left for Delhi on Wednesday said: “We are considering another seven or eight communities. We will decide this very soon.”
The chief minister justified her decision to provide a monthly honorarium of Rs 2,500 to Imams, a housing scheme and stipends for their children a month back.“Our government equally extends our help to Ramkrishna Mission at Belur,” she justified.
Prior to Wednesday’s announcement, on April 9, Banerjee announced more sops for the Muslim community, including new loan schemes, creating an employment bank and promising official stamp on 10,000 madrasas.

8.6% of indian population is tribes.
700=no of communities among tribes
Orissa=Largest no of tribes live here

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