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what are the different stages through which the mandal commission was implemented in our country?

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Answered by amisha42
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Implementation of Mandal Commission
1) On August 13, 1990, Government of India issued an order. It was an Office Memorandum, which is similar to Government order
2) It had number, date, department that issued the memorandum, signature of the head of the department etc, and this Order announced a major policy decision, which remained controversial for many years.
3) This order states that 27% of the vacancies in civil posts and services under the Government of India are reserved for the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC). SEBC is another name for all those people who belong to castes that are considered backward by the Government.

4) This Office Memorandum was the creation of a long chain of events. The Government of India had appointed the Second Backward Classes Commission in 1979 under the leadership of B. P. Mandal
5) This Commission was asked to determine the criteria to identify the socially and educationally backward classes of India and recommend the steps to be taken for their advancement.
6) This Commission gave the report on 1980, and made many recommendations. One of these was that 27% of Government jobs be reserved for the socially and economically backward classes.
7) Its report and recommendations were discussed in the Parliament and it continued for several years with many parties and parliamentarians demanding its implementation
8) Then with the Lok Sabha elections of 1989, Janata Dal was elected to power, and V. P. Singh became the Prime Minister of the newly formed government.
9) After that, many changes took in implementing the Mandal Commission report. Firstly, the President of India in his Parliamentary address expressed the intention of the Government to implement the recommendations of Mandal Commission
10) On August 1990, the Union Cabinet took formal decision to implement the recommendations. Next day, Prime Minister V. P. Singh, informed the Parliament about this decision through a statement in both Houses of Parliament.
11) The decision of the Cabinet was sent to the Department of Personnel and Training. The senior officials of the department drafted an order as per the decision of the Cabinet and took the minister’s approval.
12) The officer signed the order on behalf of the Union Government. This was how Official Memorandum of Mandal Commission was implemented which aroused many views and protests worldwide.
13) People felt that this would give a fair opportunity to those communities who have so far been represented in government employment
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