Goa, Aug. 5 -- The Goa Legislative Assembly witnessed a heated debate over job reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities with the Opposition members alleging huge backlog in filling of vacant posts reserved for these communities in various government departments,

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the ongoing digital and caste-based population Census-2027 will provide a clearer picture of the percentage of OBC and other reserved categories in the State, as current data is inconclusive.

Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai who had tabled a starred question jointly with Aldona MLA Adv Carlos Alvares Ferreira questioned the validity of the current 27 per cent OBC reservation, which is based on a study by the Centre for Developmen...