V. P. Singh Administration - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mandal Commission, George Fernandes, Lalu Prasad Yadav, V. P. Singh, N. T. Rama Rao (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mandal Commission, George Fernandes, Lalu Prasad Yadav, V. P. Singh, N. T. Rama Rao, Lal Krishna Advani, Maneka Gandhi, Nitish Kumar, Inder Kumar Gujral, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Biju Patnaik, 1990 Andhra Pradesh cyclone, Ram Vilas Paswan, Chaudhary Devi Lal, Murasoli Maran, Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras, Janeshwar Mishra, Nirmal Kumar Mukarji, Gawakadal massacre, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Mandal Commission protests of 1990, Chaudhary Ajit Singh, Jan Morcha, Chimanbhai Patel, Parvathaneni Upendra, Rabi Ray, Om Prakash Chautala, Janata Dal, Madhu Dandavate, S. R. Bommai, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Arun Nehru, National Front, Nilamani Routray, Arif Mohammad Khan, Sharad Yadav, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq. Excerpt: The Mandal Commission was established in India in 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to "identify the socially or educationally backward." It was headed by Indian parliamentarian Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal to consider the question of seat reservations and quotas for people to redress caste discrimination, and used eleven social, economic, and educational indicators to determine backwardness. In 1980, the commission's report affirmed the affirmative action practice under Indian law whereby members of lower castes (known as Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Scheduled Castes and Tribes) were given exclusive access to a certain portion of government jobs and slots in public universities, and recommended changes to these quotas, increasing them by 27% to 49.5%. The plan to set up another commission was taken by Mr. Clooney and the Morarji Desai government in 1978 as per the mandate of the Constitution of India under article 340 for the purpose of Articles like 15 and 16. The decision was made official by the president on 1 January 1979. The commission is pop...