The problem of pollution and the larger problem of climate change are very serious matters. Such knee-jerk reactions reduce the gravity of original problem while aggravating the cultural sentiments of people.
Regulating the bursting of crackers along with steps to sensitize people about the environmental problems could have been a better solution. Coercion will not yield the desired results.
Commission to Examine Sub Categorization of Other Backward Classes
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The President has appointed a five-member Commission headed by Delhi High Court's former Chief Justice G Rohini to examine the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) under Article 340 of the Constitution.
Sub categorization of the OBCs will ensure that the more backward among the OBC communities can also access the benefits of reservation for educational institutions and government jobs.
Key Highlights
The commission will examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among the castes or communities included in the broad category of OBCs with reference to such classes included in the Central List.
It will also work out the mechanism, criteria, norms, and parameters in a scientific approach for sub-categorisation within such OBCs and will take up the exercise of identifying the respective castes or communities or sub-castes or synonyms in the Central List of OBCs and classifying them into their respective sub-categories.
Article 340:
It allows the president to appoint a commission to investigate the condition of socially and economically backward classes and table the report in the parliament.
