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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Mandal Commission was India's Second Backward Classes Commission (1979) whose 1980 report recommended 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes in central government jobs.
- Under which constitutional article was the Mandal Commission appointed and by whom?
- What did Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) decide regarding the Mandal recommendations?
- What was the creamy layer concept introduced through the Mandal case?
- How did the Mandal Commission percentage relate to the 50% ceiling?

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The Mandal Commission was India's Second Backward Classes Commission (1979) whose 1980 report recommended 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes in central government jobs.

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1. 1 January 1979

   The Mandal Commission, formally the Second Backward Classes Commission, was constituted on by the Janata Party government of Prime Minister Morarji Desai un…

2. 7 August 1990

   The report lay dormant until , when Prime Minister V.

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