వెనుకబడిన కులాలకు 27% రిజర్వేషన్ కల్పించాలని విశ్వనాథ్ ప్రతాప్ సింగ్ ఎప్పుడు నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నాడు?
A significant change began in 1978 when the Mandal Commission was established to assess the situation of the socially and educationally backward classes. The commission did not have exact population figures for the OBCs and so used data from the 1931 census, thus estimating the group's population at 52 per cent. In 1980 the commission's report recommended that a reserved quota for OBCs of 27 per cent should apply in respect of services and public sector bodies operated by the Union Government. It called for a similar change to admissions to institutes of higher education, except where states already had more generous requirements. It was not until the 1990s that the recommendations were implemented in Union Government jobs.
1980