The Mandal Commission, or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission (SEBC), was established in India on 1 January 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to "identify the socially or educationally backward classes" of India. It was headed by the late B.P.
Amendment, in government and law, an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution. ... For an amendment to be made, two-thirds of the members of each house of Congress must approve it, and three-fourths of the states must ratify it.
