It was constituted in 2015 under the chairmanship of Bhiku Ramji Idate which submitted its report in January 2018.
Key Recommendations: Set up a Permanent Commission for them on the lines of similar commissions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.
Set up a dedicated National Finance Development Corporation for them.
Set up a working group under NITI Aayog to look into various policy issues relating to the communities.
Grant Constitutional protection to these communities, under a separate third schedule after Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Making them eligible for reservation, and extending the protective cover of Prevention of Atrocities Act to them.
