J&K government advertises 575 posts, Opposition fumes over nearly 60% reserved seats
1 month, 2 weeks ago

J&K government advertises 575 posts, Opposition fumes over nearly 60% reserved seats

Hindustan Times  

The The Jammu and Kashmir government has referred 575 posts of lecturers to be recruited by the Public Service Commission, but only 238 posts have been reserved for open merit candidates and the others for candidates with different reservations. But just 238 posts for 70% open merit aspirants seems a joke.Even in a few subjects some categories have been given more while others less than the reserved quota.JKNC must fulfil their pre poll promise before selection of a single post.” Khursheed also raised the issue in the assembly session along with other legislators, who sought to review the policy. Former Srinagar mayor Junaid Azim Mattu, a vocal critic of the reservation policy who has been demanding a “level playing field” for the open merit candidates. Sheikh Imran, former deputy mayor, also said meritorious candidates were being ignored, saying, “The harsh reservation policies are deeply disheartening for Open Merit students stripping away opportunities and undermining meritocracy.

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Kashmir’s New Reservation Policy 2024: How 69% Population Got 40% Quota
2 weeks ago

Kashmir’s New Reservation Policy 2024: How 69% Population Got 40% Quota

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 26, 2024 20:27 IST - 6 MINS READ Ishfaq Ahmad, 36, recently completed his PhD in political science from the University of Kashmir. But his hopes were dashed: The Lieutenant Governor -led administration implemented a new reservation policy, which reduced the general merit quota to just 40 per cent from 50 per cent. Noor Ahmad Baba, formerly …

J&K: Omar govt facing quota, power, unemployment challenges
2 weeks, 1 day ago

J&K: Omar govt facing quota, power, unemployment challenges

Hindustan Times  

As J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah sought six months to sort out the reservation issue after Monday’s protest, the power crisis, unemployment and reservation policy are turning out to be big issues faced by J&K government within three months of assuming power. Monday’s protest was organised by NC senior leader and MP Srinagar Aga Ruhullah outside the CM’s house. “We …

Ruling, Opposition leaders join protesters outside CM Omar Abdullah’s residence over J&K reservation policy
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ruling, Opposition leaders join protesters outside CM Omar Abdullah’s residence over J&K reservation policy

The Hindu  

Cutting across party lines, several mainstream leaders, including ruling National Conference Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah and Opposition Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti, on Monday joined hundreds of general category students to protest outside the residence of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar to seek rationalisation of reservation in the Union Territory. At present, the …

J&K Reservation Row: NC MP Ruhullah Mehdi, Opposition Leaders Join Students’ Protest
2 weeks, 3 days ago

J&K Reservation Row: NC MP Ruhullah Mehdi, Opposition Leaders Join Students’ Protest

Deccan Chronicle  

Srinagar: Amid strong calls for rationalising the reservation quota and creating a transparent and equitable reservation policy in Jammu and Kashmir, ruling National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and several opposition leaders and activists on Monday joined a students’ protest sit-in outside Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s official residence along Srinagar’s Gupkar Road. He announced, “We will not move from …

Breaking Ranks? NC MP Ruhullah Mehdi protests outside J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s residence over reservation row
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Breaking Ranks? NC MP Ruhullah Mehdi protests outside J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s residence over reservation row

Live Mint  

National Conference Member of Parliament Aga Ruhullah Mehdi staged a protest outside the residence of his party vice president and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, today. The protest, attended by students and leaders from opposition camp in the Union Territory, was over the reservation scheme, which Mehdi alleges discriminates against open merit category students in the Union Territory. …

Jammu and Kashmir: Iltija Mufti joins protest outside CM's residence over reservation, check their demands
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Jammu and Kashmir: Iltija Mufti joins protest outside CM's residence over reservation, check their demands

India TV News  

In a significant development in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti, along with several political figures and hundreds of students, joined a protest outside the residence of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar, demanding a review of the new reservation policy. The controversial reservation policy The new policy, introduced in the lead-up to the …

Reservation row: J&K student association host protest in New Delhi
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Reservation row: J&K student association host protest in New Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association on Saturday held a peaceful sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, opposing the current reservation policy in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Students Association supporters holding placards protest urging the government to revise the new reservation policy, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday. Dozens of students, along with members of …

J&K govt forms panel to re-look into reservation issue
4 weeks, 2 days ago

J&K govt forms panel to re-look into reservation issue

Hindustan Times  

Over two weeks after the decision to form a cabinet subcommittee to re-look into the reservation policy in jobs and admissions, the Omar Abdullah-led Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday issued order for the constitution of the three-member panel. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah General administration department, in an order, informed that the committee will comprise health minister …

Demand raised for SC/ST reservation at AMU
1 month, 1 week ago

Demand raised for SC/ST reservation at AMU

Hindustan Times  

Students under the banner of the action committee for reservation staged a protest near the AMU circle, demanding the implementation of quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other backward classes at Aligarh Muslim University. Memorandum handed over to seek reservation for SC/ST and backward at AMU on Tuesday The demonstrators, comprising students from various colleges and supported by leaders …

SP demands Muslim reservation in Maharashtra
6 months, 1 week ago

SP demands Muslim reservation in Maharashtra

Deccan Chronicle  

In a letter written to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Dy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, Samajwadi party MLA Rais Shaikh has demanded that five percent reservation must be given to Muslims at the earliest to eradicate their backwardness. In his letter, Shaikh, an MLA from Bhiwandi, referred to a recent statement made by the TDP general secretary and …

RSS never opposed reservation, says Mohan Bhagwat
8 months, 1 week ago

RSS never opposed reservation, says Mohan Bhagwat

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said the Sangh had never opposed reservation given to certain groups, and maintained that the video making the rounds on social media, in which he is seen speaking against quotas in a meeting, is fake. I say that the video is fake and that I have never said this,” Mr. Bhagwat said …

Sangh Parivar never opposed reservations, says Mohan Bhagwat amid row
8 months, 1 week ago

Sangh Parivar never opposed reservations, says Mohan Bhagwat amid row

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday declared that the Sangh Parivar had “never opposed reservations extended to certain groups," with his statement coming at a time when opposition parties are claiming that if the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party gets a third successive term by winning the ongoing national polls, its government will “change" the Constitution of India and …

Growing voices against proposed 70% quota in Jammu and Kashmir
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Growing voices against proposed 70% quota in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

There are growing voices against the Centre’s move to push reservation quota to 70% in Jammu and Kashmir, in the wake of recent announcements to have a separate 10% reservation for Paharis and other tribes and enhancement of OBCs quota to 8%. “The Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to increase ST reservation by 10% at the expense of open merit …

Ajit Pawar’s resuscitation of the Muslim quota issue puts ally BJP on the spot
1 year, 3 months ago

Ajit Pawar’s resuscitation of the Muslim quota issue puts ally BJP on the spot

The Hindu  

Soon after rebel Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar split his uncle Sharad Pawar’s party to align with the ruling Eknath Shinde-led government, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis had said that while the BJP’s alliance with CM Shinde’s faction of the Shiv Sena was “emotional,” that with Ajit Pawar’s NCP was borne of political necessity. Yet, barely two months later, the …

MK Stalin demands removal of 50 per cent ceiling on reservation
1 year, 3 months ago

MK Stalin demands removal of 50 per cent ceiling on reservation

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday voiced his opposition to the 50 per cent cap on reservation in employment and education and said states should be given the authority to decide on the quantum of quota. While speaking at the second national conference of the All India Federation for Social Justice, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister also urged …

OBCs Demand Filling up 16 Lakh Vacant Posts
1 year, 4 months ago

OBCs Demand Filling up 16 Lakh Vacant Posts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The All India Federation of Other Backward Classes Employees protested at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, urging the Centre to fill 16 lakh vacant job posts and address various demands. Addressing the gathering, former PCC president V. Hanumantha Rao stated, “We advocate a caste-wise Census of OBCs, elimination of the creamy layer, stop privatisation of public sector units, establishment …

BJP defends move to reserve seats for Kashmiri Pandits in J&K Assembly
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP defends move to reserve seats for Kashmiri Pandits in J&K Assembly

The Hindu  

The BJP on July 28 defended the move to reserve seats for Kashmiri Pandits and displaced residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the Assembly of the Union Territory. Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was Union Home Minister and Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister, when Kashmir saw a mass migration of Pandits,” Tarun Chugh, national general secretary of the BJP, said in a video …

How voters responded to the new reservation matrix in Karnataka - The Hindu
1 year, 7 months ago

How voters responded to the new reservation matrix in Karnataka - The Hindu

The Hindu  

In the Lokniti-CSDS survey done during the election campaign, a few questions were asked to measure the response of voters to the new reservation policy announced by the BJP government. 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections | Lokniti-CSDS postpoll study Among those who had heard of the policy, a set of questions was further asked to tap their opinion on the said …

Suspect moves: The Hindu Editorial on changes to reservation policy in Karnataka
1 year, 9 months ago

Suspect moves: The Hindu Editorial on changes to reservation policy in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Statecraft involves management of competing demands for accommodation and inclusion, without unduly affecting the interests of any section of society. The Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4% quota for Muslims within the Other Backward Classes category and earmark an additional 2% each to the dominant Vokkaliga and Veerashaiva-Lingayat communities is a divisive gamble in the expectation of electoral dividends. …

Reservation Must Reach Every Deserving Candidate, Cannot Be Eaten Away By Meritorious Reserved Category Candidate: J&K&L High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Reservation Must Reach Every Deserving Candidate, Cannot Be Eaten Away By Meritorious Reserved Category Candidate: J&K&L High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Tuesday observed that the benefit of reservation must reach to the deserving candidate in the category and State is under obligation that this benefit is not eaten away by a candidate of reserved category, who has equal or better merit than that of candidate last admitted in the professional course in …

75% Job Quota For Locals: Haryana Govt Moves SC After HC Stays Reservation For Locals In Private Jobs
2 years, 11 months ago

75% Job Quota For Locals: Haryana Govt Moves SC After HC Stays Reservation For Locals In Private Jobs

ABP News  

New Delhi: A day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the state law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector jobs, the Haryana government has challenged the order in the Supreme Court. Earlier on Thursday, a bench of Justices Ajay Tewari and Pankaj Jain admitted the petitions challenging the Haryana government’s law for reservation in the private …

Jharkhand: Ruling Cong hits street for 27% OBC reservation, BJP takes jibe
3 years, 3 months ago

Jharkhand: Ruling Cong hits street for 27% OBC reservation, BJP takes jibe

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Congress, which is the second largest party in the Hemant Soren government after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, held a a one-day sit-in protest across the state, demanding 27 percent reservation for other backward classes in Jharkhand. The OBC wing of the Congress on Tuesday organised the protests in all district headquarters, while the main event was held near Raj …

'1 Cr MP Citizens Work in Other States': Cong's Vivek Tankha Questions Logic Behind Domicile Reservation
4 years, 4 months ago

'1 Cr MP Citizens Work in Other States': Cong's Vivek Tankha Questions Logic Behind Domicile Reservation

News 18  

As debate continued on Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s announcement of only the state's citizens being eligible for government jobs in the state, Rajya Sabha MP and renowned lawyer Vivek Tankha objected by saying that law does not permit 100% reservation. "It’s fine you came out of your deep slumber even after 15 years on jobs and make an …

JNUTA writes to Centre over violation of reservation policy
4 years, 5 months ago

JNUTA writes to Centre over violation of reservation policy

The Hindu  

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association has written to the Ministry of Human Resource Development flagging issues pertaining to violation of reservation policy in faculty recruitment at the university and appealed for intervention. In the letter to MHRD Secretary Amit Khare, the teachers’ body said that there had been a “drastic reduction and exclusion in the number of positions meant …

J&K HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Reservation For Pahari Speaking People In Medical Post Graduate Courses In UT [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

J&K HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Reservation For Pahari Speaking People In Medical Post Graduate Courses In UT [Read Order]

Live Law  

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir on Monday issued notice on a petition challenging 4% reservation quota for "pahari speaking people" in medical post graduate courses in various Government Medical colleges of the UT. They are primarily aggrieved by the fact that the 4% quota, granted in favour of "pahari speaking people" by amending Rule 15 of the J&K …

Reservation in promotions | Congress, LJP disagree with Supreme Court’s order
4 years, 11 months ago

Reservation in promotions | Congress, LJP disagree with Supreme Court’s order

The Hindu  

The Congress on Sunday said it disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of reservation in appointments and promotions, and alleged that the rights of SC/ST communities are under threat during the BJP rule. “The Congress party believes that the appointment of SC/ST people to government posts should not be at the discretion of governments, but it is …

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