National Commission For Socially And Educationally Backward Classes

Against the backdrop of attempts to reach out to the powerful Jat and Patel communities demanding education and job quotas, the Narendra Modi government has decided to upgrade the backward commission into a constitutional body and give parliament a free hand to include any community as backward. The amendment will also define communities that will ...

The Union cabinet has approved setting up of National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes replacing the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and approved amending the Constitution and inserting Article 338B for setting up the new commission.

Against the backdrop of attempts to reach out to the powerful Jat and Patel communities demanding education and job quotas, the Narendra Modi government has decided to upgrade the backward commission into a constitutional body and give parliament a free hand to include any community as backward. The amendment will also define communities that will ...

The Union cabinet has approved setting up of National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes replacing the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and approved amending the Constitution and inserting Article 338B for setting up the new commission.