Question

The recommendations of Mandal Commission were implemented in which one of the following year ?

• A. 1989
• B. 1990
• C. 1991
• D. 1992

Hint:

The V.P. Singh government announced implementation of Mandal recommendations in August 1990.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Recall the background:
The Mandal Commission was set up in 1979 under B.P. Mandal by the Janata Party government. Its aim was to find the socially and educationally backward classes.
It gave its report in 1980 and suggested 27 percent reservation in jobs for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Step 2: Find when it was implemented:
The report stayed unused for years. In August 1990 the National Front government under V.P. Singh announced that it would implement the recommendation of 27 percent reservation in central government jobs.
This led to protests and violence in many cities, and the matter went to the Supreme Court.

Step 3: Check each year:
(A) 1989: the National Front government came to power in this year. Nothing was implemented yet, so (A) is wrong.
(B) 1990: the announcement and the order to implement came in this year, so (B) is correct.
(C) 1991: this is the year of the new economic policy under P.V. Narasimha Rao, so (C) is wrong.
(D) 1992: in this year the Supreme Court gave its Indra Sawhney judgment and upheld the 27 percent reservation with the creamy layer condition. It was not the year of implementation, so (D) is wrong.

Final Answer:
The Mandal Commission recommendations were implemented in 1990. The answer is option (B).