Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved a six-month extension to the commission appointed to examine sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), up to 31st January 2021.
At present, there is no sub-categorization and 27% reservation is a monolithic entity.
The commission is headed by Retired Justice G Rohini.
It was constituted under Article 340 of the Constitution with the approval of the President on 2nd October 2017.
Article 340 of the Indian Constitution lays down conditions for the appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions of the backward classes.