Panel set up to probe sub-categorization of OBCs got 13th extension: Government sources

Last Update: 11 July 2022, 15:02 IST

Node to check sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes and equitable distribution of benefits reserved for them.

= This is the 13th extension given to the commission to submit its report.

The Union Cabinet is believed to have given its approval to a proposal to grant six months extension to the Justice Rohini Commission set up to examine sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes and equitable distribution of benefits reserved for them, government sources said. This is the 13th extension given to the commission to submit its report.

The commission was set up by the government on October 2, 2017 under Article 340 of the Constitution to inquire into the issues related to the sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes. Sources said the extension has been given till January 31, 2023.

The development comes a month after the commission had not sought further extension and submitted its report by the end of July, R Subrahmanyam, secretary of the ministry of social justice and empowerment, told reporters. The mandate of the Commission to examine the extent of unequal distribution of benefits of reservation among the castes or communities included in the broad category of Other Backward Classes with reference to such classes included in the Central List, for mechanisms, norms, norms and their sub-categorisation. Parameters in a scientific approach.

The mandate of the Commission is also to identify the respective castes or communities or sub-castes or synonyms in the Central List of Other Backward Classes and classify them into their respective sub-categories.

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