Question

what was mandal commission? why it appointed? state it's major recommendation.

Answer 1

The mandal commission was established by janta party govt under PM Morarji deshai in 1979 to study coalition and representation of socially or educationally backward castes and recommended steps for advancement .
It s recommendations were
.The reservation of 27 percent should be made for promotions at all level.
.The government should make the necessary legal provisions for implementing these recommendation .
.Age relaxation for OBC should be the same as it is in the case of SCs and STs.
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Answer 2

   Mandal Commission was set up on Jan 1 in year 1979 by then Prime Minister Late Sri Morarji Desai.  The commission was headed by then Member of Parliament Bhindeswari  Prasad Mandal from Bihar. 

   The Mandal commission was set up to identify in the country, various socially, economically and educationally backward castes and classes.  The people belonging to these castes and classes were to be classified under OBC or Other Backward Classes.  Then they were recommended for 27% reservation in jobs in the government offices and public sector undertakings.  The idea is to give a social lift upwards to the other backward classes.  The OBC were to be identified from Hindu and non Hindu population not belonging to forward castes and SC/ST.

    Mandal commission took 11 parameters related to education of men and women, their ages at the time of marriages, their social status, number of men and women who work on daily labour, women and men who studied up primary and upto 10th standard, their property value as compared to the average in their state and so on. 

   On their basis Mandal commission included 100s of classes and castes into OBC.  The report was submitted in 1980. They identified about 5000 castes as part of OBC.  The commission said that they were really backward.  They recommended for relaxation of the upper limit for age for candidates belong to these classes.

 

    The recommendations were not implemented later on as the government changed.  In 1990 again Prime Minister VP Singh implemented reservations for OBC.  However, Supreme court stayed the decision. In 1992 the supreme court upheld the reservations.  SC believed that reservations for OBC will uplift and improve the status of OBC population.