The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) is a constitutional body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.

It was originally a statutory body established in 1993 through the National Commission for Backward Classes Act of 1993.

3 SCC 217 directed the Government of India, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations to constitute a permanent body in the nature of a Commission or Tribunal for entertaining, examining and recommending upon requests for inclusion and complaints of over-inclusion and under-inclusion in the list of OBCs.

[5][6][7] According to article 340 of the Indian Constitution, President shall establish a commission to examine the condition of social and backward class.

According to Article 338B :- The commission currently consists of following members[8] The commission considers inclusions in and exclusions from the lists of communities notified as backward for the purpose of job reservations and tenders the needful advice to the Central Government as per Section 9(1) of the NCBC Act, 1993.