Commission to Examine Sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes

  • Constituted by: President of India
  • Date: October, 2017
  • Chairman: Gorla Rohini, Former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court

Rationale

  • In 2015, the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) had recommended that OBCs should be categorised into extremely backward classes, more backward classes and backward classes.
  • Rohini Commission is constituted under Article 340 of the Indian Constitution to check on the issue of Sub-categorization within Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the Central List.

Terms of Reference/Mandate

  • To examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among the castes or communities included in the broad category of OBCs with reference to ....
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