The Union Cabinet has approved second and final extension of term of Commission constituted to examine issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes in Central List for period of 12 weeks up to June, 2018.
The Commission was constituted under article 340 of the Constitution with the approval of President on October 2, 2017.
The Commission, headed by Justice (Retd.) G Rohini, commenced functioning on October 11, 2017 and has since interacted with all the States/UTs which have sub categorised OBCs and the State Backward Classes Commissions.
The commission was tasked to
examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among castes included in broad category of OBCs, especially with reference to OBCs included in the Central list.
take up exercise of identifying respective castes/sub-castes/communities synonyms in Central List of OBCs and classify them into their respective sub-categories.