“There is equality only among equals. To equate unequals is to perpetuate inequality” — so begins this first part (Volumes I and II), released on December 31, 1980, of the Report of the Backward Classes Commission. The commission was appointed by Morarji Desai – then prime minister of India – on December 20, 1978, with B.P. Mandal as its chairman. At the time, Mandal was Member of Parliament from the Madhepura constituency in Bihar. The commission was set up to determine the criteria for defining socially and educationally backwards classes and providing recommendations for their advancement. The rest of its members included S. S. Gill (secretary), Dewan Mohan Lal, R...
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Backward Classes Commission, Under The Chairmanship Of B. P. Mandal.
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