Write a speech on in favour of reservation for Sc/ST and OBC

Reservation is a scheme wherein a certain percentage of total available vacancies in educational institutes and government jobs are set aside for people from backward communities and others. Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) are the primary beneficiaries of the reservation policies under the Constitution—with the object of ensuring a level playing field (without defining the bench-mark that determines which particular individual player has reached the said 'level'. They are the underprivileged communities and thus, to bridge the gap between them and the entire society, reservations are extremely necessary. Every human being has got a right to be educated and live a life of self esteem and dignity. There are many aspects of reservation. It is fact there are some strata of society who need support to rise from their current status of poverty or backwardness. Not all of us who have not seen deprived life know what a backward person faces in her/his life. (to be continued based on one's research on the topic and factual representations.)

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On persistent demand of the Members of Parliament that the Office of the Commissioner for SCs & STs alone was not enough to monitor the implementation of Constitutional safeguards, a proposal was moved for amendment of Article 338 of the Constitution (46^th Amendment) for replacing the arrangement of one Member system with a Multi-Member system while the amendment to Article 338 was still under consideration, the Government decided to set up a Multi-Member Commission through an administrative decision vide Ministry of Home Affairs’ Resolution No.13013/9/77-SCT(1) dated 21.7.1978. The first Commission for SCs & STs was, therefore, set up in August, 1978 with Shri Bhola Paswan Shastri as Chairman and other four Members. The field offices of the erstwhile Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which were transferred under the control of DG backward classes welfare in 1965, were brought back under the control of this Commission. The functions of the Commission for SCs & STs broadly corresponded with those of the Commissioner for SCs & STs.

The functions of the Multi-Member Commission set-up in 1978 were modified vide Ministry of Welfare’s Resolution No. BC-13015/12/86-SCD VI dated 1-9-1987 and the Commission for SCs & STs was renamed as the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. It was set up as a National Level Advisory Body to advise the Government on broad policy issues and levels of development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

The first Commission consisted of Shri Ram Dhan as the Chairman, Shri Bandi Oraon as the Vice-Chairman and Shri B. Sammaiah, Dr. Sarojini Mahishi, Choudhary Hari Singh, Shri N. Brahma and Shri Jina Bhai Darjee as Members.

The second Commission was constituted on 5-10-1995 with Shri H. Hanumanthappa as Chairman and Smt. Omem Moyong Deori as Vice-Chairperson. The Members of the Commission were Shri N.C. Chaturvedi, Shri Anand Mohan Biswas, Ven. Lama Lobzang, Shri Nar Singh Baitha and Shri B. Yadaiah.

The third Commission was constituted in December, 1998 vide Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s Notification No.5035(E) dated 27^th January,1999 consisting of Shri Dileep Singh Bhuria as the Chairman, Shri Kameshwar Paswan as the Vice-Chairman and Shri Harinder Singh Khalsa, Ven. Lama Lobzang, Shri Chhotray Majhi and Shri M. Kannan as Members, Smt. Veena Nayyar, Member was also appointed as Member vide Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment'’ Notification No. S.O. 529 (E) dated 30^th June 1999. On the resignation of Shri M. Kannan, Shri C. Chellappan was appointed, as Member vides Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment’s Notification No. S.O. 722 (E) dated 3-7-2000.

1.8 The fourth Commission was constituted in March, 2002 vide Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s Notification No. S.O. 351 (E) dated 21-3-2002 consisting of Dr. Bizay Sonkar Shastri as the Chairperson, Ven. Lama Chosphel Zotpa, Vice-Chairperson and Shri Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Shri Narayan Singh Kesari and Shri Tapir Gao as Members, Smt. Veena Premkumar Sharma assumed office on 23-8-2002 as Member and Shri C. Chellappan as Member completed his tenure on 2^nd July, 2003. Shri Sampath Kumar assumed office on 30-9-2003 in place of Sh. C. Chellappan.