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What (who) is backward - definition

TERM FOR SOCIALLY OR EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED CASTES IN INDIA

Backward Class; Other Backward Classes; Backward class; Other Backwards Class; Other Backward Castes; Backward Castes; Backward Caste; Backward Classes; Backward castes; Other backward caste; Other Backward classes; Backward classes; OBC quota; Lower Caste; Other backward class; Backward Class (BC); Most Backward Class (MBC); Denotified Community (DCN); Other Backward Class (OBC); List of Other Backward Classes; List of OBCs; Backward communities; Socially and Educationally Backward Class; Other backward classes; Economically socially backward; Economically backward caste; Most backward caste; Most backward class; Other Backward Caste; Socially backward class; Socially backward caste

backward

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

Backward; Red Dwarf: Backwards; Backwards (disambiguation); Sdrawkcab

¦ adjective

1. directed behind or to the rear.

2. having made less progress than is normal or expected.

(of a person) having learning difficulties.

3. [with negative] (backward in) lacking the confidence to do: he was not backward in displaying his talents.

4. Cricket (of a fielding position) behind an imaginary line passing through the stumps at the batsman's end at right angles to the wicket.

¦ adverb variant of backwards.

Derivatives

backwardly adverb

backwardness noun

Origin

ME: from earlier abackward, from aback.

backward

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

Backward; Red Dwarf: Backwards; Backwards (disambiguation); Sdrawkcab

I. a.

1.

Unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating. See averse.

2.

Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid. See dull.

3.

Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time.

II. ad.; (also backwards)

Regressively, rearward, aback, behind. See abaft.

backward

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

Backward; Red Dwarf: Backwards; Backwards (disambiguation); Sdrawkcab

Note: In American English, 'backward' is usually used as an adverb instead of 'backwards'. 'Backward' is also sometimes used in this way in formal British English. See 'backwards' for these uses.

1.

A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards
for this meaning.

He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry...

He did a backward flip.

? forward

ADJ: ADJ n

2.

If someone takes a backward step, they do something that does not change or improve their situation, but causes them to go back a stage.

At a certain age, it's not viable for men to take a backward step into unskilled work...

? forward

ADJ: ADJ n

3.

A backward country or society does not have modern industries and machines.

We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.

? developed

ADJ

• backwardness

I was astonished at the backwardness of our country at the time.

N-UNCOUNT

4.

A backward child has difficulty in learning.

I was slow to walk and talk and my parents thought I was backward.

ADJ

• backwardness

...her backwardness in practical and physical activities.

N-UNCOUNT

Wikipedia

Other Backward Class

The Other Backward Class is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes which are educationally or socially backward. It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with General castes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs). The OBCs were found to comprise 52% of the country's population by the Mandal Commission report of 1980, and were determined to be 41% in 2006 when the National Sample Survey Organisation took place. There is substantial debate over the exact number of OBCs in India; it is generally estimated to be sizable, but many believe that it is higher than the figures quoted by either the Mandal Commission or the National Sample Survey.

In the Indian Constitution, OBCs are described as socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC), and the Government of India is enjoined to ensure their social and educational development — for example, the OBCs are entitled to 27% reservations in public sector employment and higher education. The list of OBCs maintained by the Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is dynamic, with castes and communities being added or removed depending on social, educational and economic factors. In a reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed that as in January 2016, the percentage of OBCs in central government services is 21.57% and has shown an increasing trend since September, 1993. Likewise, in 2015, at educational institutions, funds meant for OBC students under the reservation policy were not used properly or were underused in cases of upgrading infrastructure as well as in violation of faculty recruitment of OBCs according to the 49% reservation policy.

Until 1985, the affairs of the Backward Classes were looked after by the Backward Classes Cell in the Ministry of Home Affairs. A separate Ministry of Welfare was established in 1985 (renamed in 1998 to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) to attend to matters relating to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBCs. The Backward Classes Division of the Ministry looks after the policy, planning and implementation of programmes relating to social and economic empowerment of OBCs, and matters relating to two institutions set up for the welfare of OBCs, the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation and the National Commission for Backward Classes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other Backward Class

Examples of use of backward

1. Thus the government is required to establish, among other things, the meaning and membership of the "scheduled", "backward", "other backward", "more backward" castes and all their sub–categories.

2. Work backward÷ Often a solution comes more easily when you start from the end of the puzzle and work backward.

3. Gothard was knocked unconscious and fell backward.

4. In efficiency and fairness, both are exactly backward.

5. "The court will bend over backward to assist the prosecution.