when was mandal commission report implemented
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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. Mandal commission was started and pushed forward by National
Janata Party.
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.