The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to grant a fresh six-month extension to the Justice Rohini Commission, set up to examine the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes and equitable distribution of benefits reserved for them.
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This is the 13th extension given to the commission to submit its report. The Government had constituted the commission on October 2, 2017 under Article 340 of the Constitution to examine the issues related to the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes.
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The extension has been granted up to January 31, 2023.
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The commission must examine inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among the castes or communities included in the OBC category with reference to such classes included in the Central List, working out the mechanism, criteria, norms and parameters in a scientific approach.
Source : Daily Pioneer
