Commissions
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<li style='margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;vertical-align:middle' lang=en-US><span
style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'>Article 338 - National
Commission for SCs</span></li>
<li style='margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;vertical-align:middle' lang=en-US><span
style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'>Article 338A - National
Commission for STs</span></li>
<li style='margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;vertical-align:middle' lang=en-US><span
style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'>Article 338B - National Commission for Backward Classes </span><span
style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(New article inserted in 2018)</s
pan></li>
<li style='margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;vertical-align:middle' lang=en-US><span
style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'>Article 340 - Appointment of
Commission to investigate the condition of backward classes </span></li>
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style='font-weight:bold;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt;background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>National Commission for SC will also
discharge functions Anglo Indians</span></li>
<li style='margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;vertical-align:middle' lang=en-US><span
style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'>National Commission for SC
and ST are same before 2003 and 89th CAA splits into two</span></li>
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<li style='margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;vertical-align:middle' lang=en-US><span
style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'>Two backward classes
commissions so far</span></li>
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<li style='margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;vertical-align:middle' lang=en-US><span
style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'>1953 - Kaka Kalelkar - not
implemented since too vague and impractical</span></li>
<li style='margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;vertical-align:middle' lang=en-US><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'>1979 -
Mandal commission</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;font-size:12.0pt'>
- 27% reservation for OBC</span></li>
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