Q. Consider the following events:
1. Appointment of Second Backward Classes Commission.
2. Indra Sawhney vs Union of India case.
3. Economic reforms popularly known as LPG reforms.
4. National Front government under V. P. Singh.
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
Exp) Option d is the correct answer.
Option 1. The second backward class committee was appointed in 1979 by the government of India. It was established by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to identify the socially or educationally backward classes of India. Option 4. National Front government with V. P. Singh as Prime Minister was formed in 1989. It lasted till 1990. It was second non-Congress government in post-independence India to form government at centre. Option 3. Economic reforms in India often referred as LPG reforms was introduced by the Narsimha-Rao government in 1991 when India faced a severe economic crisis.
Option 2. The Indra Sawhney case was decided by a ninejudge bench of the Supreme Court in 1992. The case is famous for decisively laying down several landmark propositions such as 50% threshold in reservations, the bar against reservations in certain types of posts, the exclusion of ‘creamy layer’.
