Q. Which party government announced the formation of a second backward classes commission in 1978 ?
Answer: Janata Party
Notes: On 20 December, 1978 India’s prime minister, Morarji Desai of the Janata Party, announced the formation of a second Backward Classes Commission under chairman B. P. Mandal, a former member of Parliament. The commission’s assignments were to determine criteria for defining India’s “socially and educationally backward classes” and to recommend steps to be taken for the advancement of those classes.

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