<P> The Mandal Commission , or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission ( SEBC ) , was established in India on 1 January 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to `` identify the socially or educationally backward classes '' of India . It was headed by the late B.P. Mandal an Indian parliamentarian , to consider the question of reservations for people to redress caste discrimination , and used eleven social , economic , and educational indicators to determine backwardness . In 1980 , based on its rationale that OBCs ( `` Other backward classes '' ) identified on the basis of caste , economic and social indicators comprised 52 % of India 's population , the Commission 's report recommended that members of Other Backward Classes ( OBC ) be granted reservations to 27 per cent of jobs under the Central government and public sector undertakings , thus making the total number of reservations for SC , ST and OBC to 49 % . </P>
<P> The Mandal Commission , or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission ( SEBC ) , was established in India on 1 January 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to `` identify the socially or educationally backward classes '' of India . It was headed by the late B.P. Mandal an Indian parliamentarian , to consider the question of reservations for people to redress caste discrimination , and used eleven social , economic , and educational indicators to determine backwardness . In 1980 , based on its rationale that OBCs ( `` Other backward classes '' ) identified on the basis of caste , economic and social indicators comprised 52 % of India 's population , the Commission 's report recommended that members of Other Backward Classes ( OBC ) be granted reservations to 27 per cent of jobs under the Central government and public sector undertakings , thus making the total number of reservations for SC , ST and OBC to 49 % . </P>
who was the pm when the report of mandal commission was initially implemented
who was the pm when the report of mandal commission was initially implemented
Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai