Consider the following statements with regard to National Commission for Backward Classes 1 It...........

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Consider the following statements with regard to National Commission for Backward Classes?

1. It is a Constitutional body set up for the welfare of the Socially and Educationally backward classes.

2. It recommends the inclusion or exclusion of communities from OBC Central list.

3. The body has the authority to prosecute government officers who fail to ensure mandated reservation for OBCs.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

all are correct

2 only

1 and 3

2 and 3

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Explanation:

National Commission for Backward Classes is set up through the enactment of National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 to determine and recommend both addition and omission of different classes under OBC list. It is not a Constitutional body as of now. The Commission consists of five Members, comprising of a Chairperson who is or has been a judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court; a social scientist; two persons, who have special knowledge in matters relating to backward classes; and a Member-Secretary, who is or has been an officer of the Central Government in the rank of a Secretary to the Government of India. The Commission have all the powers of a civil court. And the advice of the Commission shall ordinarily be binding upon the Central Government. The commission was on news because Ministry of Social Justice has put forward a new Constitutional Amendment bill to replace existing commission with more powers and to grant Constitutional status.