Cabinet approves extension of term of the
Commission to examine the issue of sub-categorization of
Other Backward Classes
The
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi has approved
the extension of term of the Commission to examine the
issue of
sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes, by twelve
weeks i.e. upto
2nd April, 2018. The extension of tenure will
enable the Commission to
submit a comprehensive report on the issue of sub-
categorization of
OBCs, after consultation with various stakeholders.
The
Commission was constituted under article 340 of the
Constitution with
the approval of President on 2nd October, 2017 and it
was stipulated
that it would submit its report within twelve weeks from
the assumption
of charge by the Chairperson.
Background:
The
Commission, headed by Justice (Retd.) Smt. G. Rohini
commenced
functioning- on 11th October, 2017 and has since
interacted with all the
Stats/UTs having reservation for OBCs, and the State
Backward Classes
Commissions. The Commission has requisitioned data from
197 Higher
Education Institutions regarding admission of OBCs to
higher education
courses during the last three years and has also sought
data regarding
recruitment of OBC persons in Government jobs during the
last three
years in Government Departments, Public Sector Banks and
Financial
Institutions as well as in the CPSEs, with a view to
determine the
inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation
among the
castes/communities included in the Centre List of Other
Backward
Classes.
Keeping in view the voluminous data
involved and the
time required for its analysis to prepare a
comprehensive report, the
Commission had sought extension of its term by twelve
weeks.
PIB
