Bengal Government orders re-verification of caste certificates issued since 2011

About 1.69 crore SC, ST and OBC certificates have been issued in the State since 2011; a letter issued by the Backward Classes Welfare Department to all District Magistrates on May 14 says about 47.8 lakh certificates, which include 32.51 lakh SC certificates, 6.65 lakh ST certificates and 8.64 lakh OBC certificates, were issued under the Duare Sarkar camps during the previous Trinamool Congress regime.