Question: Recently, President Ramnath Kovind set up a commission headed by which one of the following to test the sub-classification of the other backward classes (OBC’s)?
(a) Justice Ashok Ganguly
(b) Justice G. Rohini
(c) Justice Indrani Mukherjee
(d) Justice R.C. Lohati
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On October 2, 2017, President Ramnath Kovind constituted a commission to examine the sub-classification of the Other Backward Classes under the chairmanship of G. Rohini, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.
- The President constituted this Commission while exercising the powers conferred under Article 340 of Indian Constitution.
- Other members of the commission include
- Member -Dr. J.K. Bajaj
- Member (Ex-officio)-Director, Anthropological Survey of India,
- Member (Ex-officio)-Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India
- Secretary of the Commission-Joint Secretary, Department of SJ&E, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- The terms of reference of the Commission are as under(i) to examine the extent of inequitable 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;
(ii) to work out the mechanism, criteria, norms and parameters in a scientific approach for sub-categorisation within such Other Backward Classes; and
(iii) to take up the exercise of identifying the respective castes or communities or sub-castes or synonyms in the Central List of Other Backward Classes and classifying them into their respective sub-categories.
- The Commission is required to present their Report to the President within a period of twelve weeks of assumption of charge by the Chairperson of the Commission.
Reference:
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http://pib.nic.in/newsite/hindirelease.aspx?relid=67436
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