Q. Which of the following constitutional amendment act conferred the constitutional status on the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)?
Answer: D
Notes:
Explanation: In the Mandal case judgment (1992), the Supreme Court directed the central government to constitute a permanent statutory body to examine the complaints of under inclusion, over-inclusion or non-inclusion of any class of citizens in the list of backward classes.
- Accordingly, the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) was set up in 1993.
- Later, the 102nd Amendment Act of 2018 conferred a constitutional status on the Commission.
Source: Laxmikanth’s Polity
