National Commission for Backward Classes — Policy Changes

Entry	Year	Description	Impact
102nd Amendment	2018	The Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018 inserted Article 338B for the NCBC and Article 342A concerning socially and educationally backward classes, alongside related constitutional changes.	Placed the Commission on a constitutional footing with safeguard monitoring, inquiry, development-advice and reporting functions. Its present role must not be described solely through the earlier statutory framework.
105th Amendment	2021	The Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021 amended Articles 338B, 342A and 366. Article 342A(3) expressly permits States and Union territories, by law, to maintain lists for their own purposes that may differ from the Central List.	Clarified the Central–State list distinction and added the Article 338B(9) consultation exception for Article 342A(3) purposes. State-list inclusion should not be automatically treated as Central-list inclusion.