Setting Up of Mandal Commission
The plan to set up another commission was taken by the Morarji Desai government in 1978 as per the mandate of the Constitution of India under article 340 for the purpose of Articles like 15 and 16. The decision was made official by the president on 1 January 1979. The commission is popularly known as the Mandal Commission with its chairman being B.P. Mandal.
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