When Supreme Court said poverty can’t be test of backwardness

The commission submitted its report in March 1955, listing out 2,399 castes as socially and educationally backward on the basis of criteria evolved by it. The government did not accept the report. The history of the debate on economic reservation can be traced to the Kaka Kalelkar Commission, the first Backward Class commission set up in January 1953 to investigate conditions of socially and educationally backward classes and make recommendations to improve their condition. The commission submitted its report in March 1955, listing out 2,399 castes as socially and educationally backward on the basis of criteria evolved by it. The government did not accept the report. As per the Kalelkar Commission, relevant factors to consider while classifying backward classes would be their traditional occupation and profession; percentage of literacy or general educational advancement made by them; estimated population of the community; and distribution of various communities throughout a state, or their concentration in certain areas. The Kalelkar panel also stated that the social position of a community in the caste hierarchy, as also its representation in government service or industrial sphere, would also have to be considered.

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