Question

Write a short note on the first Backward Classes Commission chaired by L. G. Havanur in 1975.

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Explain the role of the first Backward Classes Commission chaired by L. G. Havanur in 1975.

Solution:
Mr Havanur was made the chairman of the Devaraj Urs Government's Backward Classes Commission and the author of Karnataka's Backward Classes Report in the mid-1970s. In 1975, Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs established the first Backward Classes Commission, which was chaired by L.G. Havanur. The percentage of students from various castes who passed the S.S.L.C. examination in 1975 was used as a basis for defining those castes' backwardness. Hence, caste was used as a differentiator to determine the extent of social and educational backwardness of a group of people. However, the commission’s recommendations was challenged in the courts.