30 Years of Mandal Commission recommendations : How it began and its Impact

 Thirty years ago, on August 7, 1990, the then Prime Minister, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, announced that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) would receive 27 per cent reservation for jobs in central government services and public sector units. This would take the total number of reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to 49 per cent. The decision was based on a report submitted on 31 December, 1980 that recommended reservations for OBCs...

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Government approved a new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020

 On 29th July, 2020, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 was announced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (soon to be called the Ministry of Education). The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will replace the National Policy on Education, 1986.   The NEP 2020 sets for itself the goal of transforming the system to meet the needs of 21st Century India. According to Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare, “There are...

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