President Ramnath Kovind ordered on October 2 constitution of a commission to examine subcategorization of Other Backward Classes under Article 340 of the Constitution. The purpose is to enable more backward among the OBC communities to avail the benefits of reservation in government jobs and educational institutions. The Commission will be chaired by Justice (Retd.) G. Rohini and include Dr. J.K. Bajaj as a member. Ex-officio members are director of Anthropological Survey of India and Registrar General and Census Commissioner. Joint Secretary, Department of SJ&E (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment), will function as Secretary of the Commission. The Commission is required to present its Report to the President within a period of twelve weeks of assumption of charge by the Chairperson of the Commission. On receipt of the Report of the Commission, the Central Government will consider ways and means for equitable distribution of the benefits of the reservation in Central Government jobs and admission in Central Government Institutions amongst all strata of the Other Backward Classes. The terms of reference of the Commission are as under: (i) To examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among the castes or communities included in the broad category of Other Backward Classes with reference to such classes included in the Central List; (ii) To work out the mechanism, criteria, norms, and parameters in a scientific approach for sub-categorization within such Other Backward Classes; and (iii) To take up the exercise of identifying the respective castes or communities or sub-castes or synonyms in the Central List of Other Backward Classes and classifying them into their respective sub-categories.