Tenure Extension of OBC sub-categorisation.

TNPSC Current Affairs - June 2018 by TNPSC Guru 

• Union Cabinet has given its nod for extension of tenure of commission constituted to examine the sub-categorization within Other Backward Classes.
• President appointed the four-member commission headed by Justice G Rohini constituted under the article 340 to examine the sub-categorization within Other Backward Classes.
• It will ensure more backwards among OBC Communities to get more benefits in reservation for education and Government Jobs. 

About the commission:

• It will examine the unequal distribution of benefits of reservation among the castes included in OBCs as per the central list.
• It also identify the respective caste,communities, sub-castes, synonyms in the central OBC list and classify them in respective sub-categories.
• Already Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Puducherry, Haryana, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra Nadu have carried out sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes.

About Article 340.

• Article 340 of constitution is to investigate the condition of socially and educationally backward classes and suggest measures for their advancement.
• President will appoint the commission to investigate the condition of backward classes.