AdvertisingThis refers to non-Dalits, non-Other Backward Classes and non-tribals — essentially, the upper castes or so-called ‘forwards’. The second Backward Classes Commission was appointed in 1978 under B P Mandal to review the state of the Backward Classes. * In 2008 and 2015, the Rajasthan Assembly passed Bills to provide a 14% quota to the economically backward classes (EBCs) among the forward castes. The proposed 10% poor forward quota will take the reservation ceiling higher than 50%. While providing quotas for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in jobs in the nineties (and in higher educational institutions in 2006), the target group was “socially and educationally backward classes”.

Source: Indian Express January 07, 2019 19:52 UTC