With an aim to woo EBCs, the Narendra Modi government had bestowed Bharat Ratna on former CM Karpoori Thakur, who was a barber by caste. Prominent EBCs are Nai (barbers), fishermen (bearing ...

government support for inter-caste weddings, free electricity for saloons to support the Nai Brahmin community, life insurance for weavers, and various other schemes for the dhobi community to ...