Question

Define

The Mandal Commission

Answer 1

The Mandal Commission, or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission, was established in India on 1 January 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to "identify the socially or educationally backward classes" of India. It was headed by the late B.P.

Answer 2

$\text{\underline{The Mandal Commision }}$

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☆ The Mandal Commission was set up by the Indian Government in 1979 to identify the 'socially or educationally backward' segments of society and to suggest methods for solving the problem of caste discrimination.


☆ After making its study, the Commission recommended that 27% of government jobs be reserved for the socially and economically backward classes.


☆ Twenty-seven percent was also to be reserved in all government run Institutions of higher education.


☆ This 27% was in addition to the 22.5% seats already being reserved for people belonging to the SCs and STs, thus adding up to 49.5%.


☆ Ten years later, in 1989, the government decided to implement the recommendations of the Commission under the guidance for the Prime Minister, Mr VP Singh.


☆ This decision of the government triggered off nation wide protests by students and government employees belonging to the unserved category.


☆ Despite the protests, the government has, over the past few decades, gone ahead and implemented most of the recommendations of The Mandal Commission.


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