What was the main objective of the 'Backward Classes Commission' (also known as the Kaka Kalelkar Commission) established during Nehru's era?

Quiz Options

• Promoting agricultural reforms
• Identifying and recommending measures for the advancement of socially and educationally backward classes
• Planning industrial development
• Improving foreign relations

Explanation

The first Backward Classes Commission was set up in 1953 under Kaka Kalelkar under Nehru's government to identify 'socially and educationally backward classes' other than Scheduled Castes and Tribes.