General category refers to those Section of people who are developed and well-to-date. They are uplifted Section of Society. These group of people are not provided any reservations. OBC category is other backward class category. It refers to those Section of people who are a bit developed.

If a total family income is less than 8 lakh per annum, the family is considered to fall in non-creamy OBC category. Such families are entitled to a certificate of OBC non-creamy layer.

The Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people in India. The terms are recognised in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories.

In NEET UG application form, candidates have to only fill the Category to which they belong (UR/OBC/SC/ST). However, Sub Category is the division of category.

The sub caste field in the SBI form indicates the next level of caste. It gives more information about the Scheduled Caste community that you belong to. This helps in increasing the chances of getting selected for the job as some sub castes gain more preferences than others.

: a caste that is a subdivision of a larger caste The Hindu caste system is enormously complex, with thousands of subcastes grouped into four major divisions …—

The term ‘Yadav’ covers many castes which initially had different names: Ahir in the Hindi belt, Punjab and Gujarat, Gavli in Maharashtra, Gola in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka etc. Their traditional common function, all over India, was that of herdsmen, cowherds and milksellers.

As nouns the difference between caste and subcaste is that caste is any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of south asian societies while subcaste is a subgrouping of a caste.

Caste systems correlate with high status consistency, whereas the more flexible class system has lower status consistency.

In Max Weber’s phraseology, caste and class are both status groups. While castes are perceived as hereditary groups with a fixed ritual status, social classes are defined in terms of the relations of production.

In India, as well as other countries in South Asia like Nepal and Sri Lanka, the caste system has been a large part of society and still remains, though to a lesser extent, to be a part of society.

1500 BC

The caste system was abolished in 1871 along with the feudal system. Yet barriers to their integration remained. Marginalised Burakumin communities were widespread across Japan. Having the wrong address on your family registry, which records birthplace and is often requested by employers, often led to discrimination.

China’s system of hokou—home registration—has regimented the nation into two distinct and unequal castes.