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Detailed explanation-1: -NEW DELHI: India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh has 7.02 crore people belonging to other backward classes (OBCs) while Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have an OBC population of 3 crore each, Rajya Sabha was informed Monday.
Detailed explanation-2: -What were the recommendation of Mandal Commission? The Commission recommended that members of OBCs be given 27 per cent reservations for jobs under the Central government and public sector undertakings. This would take the total number of reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to 49 per cent.
Detailed explanation-3: -The government of India appointed the second Backward Classes Commission in 1979. It was headed by B.P. Mandal and therefore, known as the Mandal Commission.
Detailed explanation-4: -Complete answer: The second backward class committee was appointed on 1st Jan 1979 by the government of India. It was established by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to identify the socially or educationally backward classes of India.