Internal quota: Justice Nagamohan Das panel told to use 2011 census
1 month ago

Internal quota: Justice Nagamohan Das panel told to use 2011 census

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Justice Nagamohan Das Committee, constituted to review the implementation of internal reservation for Scheduled Castes, has been told to consider the 2011 population census data and review internal reservation scientifically and reasonably. The Terms of Reference were issued on Tuesday, stressing on collecting empirical data on the representation of the inter-se backwardness community among the SCs in government services and the education sector. This apart, they should review various sub-castes within the SC community and their issues related to their social, economic, political, and educational backwardness as per the court order. Further, the notification says the facilities of the reservation policy have to be verified among various sub-castes within the SC community and check if they are receiving equal facilities.

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pledges internal reservation for SCs in Karnataka
4 days, 9 hours ago

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pledges internal reservation for SCs in Karnataka

India Today  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reiterated his government’s commitment to providing internal reservation among the Scheduled Castes. The Karnataka government had, in November, appointed retired High Court judge Justice HN Nagamohan Das to lead a commission tasked with recommending the modalities for internal reservation among SCs. This move follows demands, particularly from the ‘SC Left’ groups, for internal reservation to address …

Karnataka govt committed towards providing internal reservation: CM Siddaramaiah
5 days, 21 hours ago

Karnataka govt committed towards providing internal reservation: CM Siddaramaiah

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said his government was committed towards providing internal reservation among Scheduled Castes. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Amid speculation over a change of guard in the ruling Congress in Karnataka, he said, any decisions regarding the state Congress president or the chief minister will be taken by the party high command, and that he will …

Telangana Completes Massive Caste Census Survey: What It Means for Reservations and Social Justice
3 weeks ago

Telangana Completes Massive Caste Census Survey: What It Means for Reservations and Social Justice

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 20, 2024 18:32 IST - 9 MINS READ Telangana government’s socio-economic caste survey is inching towards completion and is at its data-entry phase. The “mega health check-up” of society, as Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy referred to the caste census, is an electoral guarantee made by the Congress during the 2023 Assembly election. Frontline spoke to government …

Need caste survey to ensure proportionate reservation: JKPCC chief Karra
1 month ago

Need caste survey to ensure proportionate reservation: JKPCC chief Karra

Hindustan Times  

The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit president Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday said a caste survey is needed to give proportionate reservation to various underprivileged sections of the society. JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra “We believe that reservation distribution should be on the basis of justice but for that it is necessary to have a caste census,” Karra told reporters …

Bihar assembly winter session: LoP Tejashwi asks Minister Nitish govt to raise reservation quota to 85 per cent
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bihar assembly winter session: LoP Tejashwi asks Minister Nitish govt to raise reservation quota to 85 per cent

New Indian Express  

PATNA: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly, has called on the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government to introduce new laws providing 85% reservation quotas for deprived castes and economically weaker sections. Speaking in the assembly on Tuesday, after Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav rejected the opposition’s adjournment motion, the RJD leader proposed that a committee be set …

Karnataka Internal Reservation Policy for Scheduled Castes: Implementation Challenges and Political Impact
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka Internal Reservation Policy for Scheduled Castes: Implementation Challenges and Political Impact

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 25, 2024 19:35 IST - 8 MINS READ In a decision that is bound to have far-reaching social implications in Karnataka, the State Cabinet, in late October, approved implementation of internal reservation within the Scheduled Caste quota in the State, which currently stands at 17 per cent. Any decision to implement internal reservation in Karnataka, especially in …

Counting right: The Hindu Editorial on caste surveys
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Counting right: The Hindu Editorial on caste surveys

The Hindu  

Last week’s launch of a caste survey in Telangana by the Congress government is a step towards fulfilling its 2023 Assembly poll promise. The Union government had also said that it had no proposal to make caste data of the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 public. In June, the Patna High Court struck down two Acts in Bihar, envisaging …

Caste census, removing 50% cap on reservations central to vision for country: Congress
2 months ago

Caste census, removing 50% cap on reservations central to vision for country: Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday asserted that a nationwide caste survey and the lifting of the Supreme Court's “arbitrary ceiling” of 50 per cent on reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are central to its vision for the country. Congress general secretary in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X that the party's …

Caste census, removing 50% cap on reservations central to vision for country: Congress
2 months ago

Caste census, removing 50% cap on reservations central to vision for country: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Saturday asserted that a nationwide caste survey and the lifting of the Supreme Court’s “arbitrary ceiling” of 50% on reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are central to its vision for the country. Congress general secretary in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X that the party's government in Telangana will …

Telangana: Dedicated panel to oversee caste survey for BC reservations
2 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Dedicated panel to oversee caste survey for BC reservations

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Following a recent Telangana High Court order, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has decided to establish a dedicated commission to conduct a caste survey on BC reservations in local body elections. To avoid legal complications in the implementation of BC reservations in local bodies, the chief minister instructed officials to immediately set up a dedicated BC commission and told …

Telangana BC Commission begins public hearings, leaders seek scrapping of EWS quota
2 months, 1 week ago

Telangana BC Commission begins public hearings, leaders seek scrapping of EWS quota

New Indian Express  

ADILABAD: The Telangana BC Commission, led by its chairman G Niranjan, held the first of a series of public hearings in Adilabad on Monday to elicit the views of all stakeholders to prepare the ground for conduct of caste survey in the state. The leaders from various communities belonging to four districts - Adilabad, Kumurambheem-Asifabad, Mancherial and Nirmal participated in …

Key Meeting on Caste Census to be Held Today in Telangana
2 months, 1 week ago

Key Meeting on Caste Census to be Held Today in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

The Telangana government will conduct a caste census starting November 6, 2023, with a deadline of November 30. The census will collect information about family members, assets, caste and sub-caste, education, employment, political representation, and the benefits received through government reservations. The data will be made public, unlike the 2014 Samagra Kutumba Survey (SKS), which was not shared with the …

Dalit leaders divided over VCK move to file review plea against order allowing States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities
4 months, 1 week ago

Dalit leaders divided over VCK move to file review plea against order allowing States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities

The Hindu  

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi’s decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the recent order empowering States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities, after welcoming the judgement initially, to provide reservations has again turned the focus on the impact it could have on forging a potent political formation of the SC communities in Tamil Nadu. said while the …

Emerging dimensions of caste politics in India
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Emerging dimensions of caste politics in India

Hindustan Times  

The discourse on the politics of caste in India seems stuck in the binary of supporting or opposing caste-based reservations. The third phase of reservation politics has already begun with quota benefits to economically weaker sections and political mobilisation around conducting a caste census. In some ways, the mobilisation around social groups in India is a result of political competition …

Disregard comments of the SC judges about creamy layer, Thirumavalavan tells Centre
5 months, 1 week ago

Disregard comments of the SC judges about creamy layer, Thirumavalavan tells Centre

The Hindu  

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment that State government has the authority to provide internal reservations within the Scheduled Caste quota, which has validated the law to provide internal reservations for Arundhathiyar community. “The Supreme Court justices also stated that appropriate evidence must be provided for granting internal reservations, which …

Reservation redistribution
5 months, 1 week ago

Reservation redistribution

Hindustan Times  

The gains of reservation — despite its goal of driving equity — have flowed unequally. Relative social privilege and political clout have led to a few groups enjoying almost all the benefits of reservations while others languish in backwardness that is largely unchanged since Independence. To illustrate, the Jatavs in Uttar Pradesh and the Mahars in Maharashtra have long been …

Siddaramaiah calls apex court ruling on internal quota for SC/ST ‘historic’
5 months, 1 week ago

Siddaramaiah calls apex court ruling on internal quota for SC/ST ‘historic’

The Hindu  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday called the Supreme Court’s ruling on internal reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as “historic” and said that a major obstacle in the implementation of internal reservation had been removed following the verdict. Taking to social media platform X, the Chief Minister said, “The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the authority of …

PMK urges T.N. government to conduct caste census to protect 69% reservations in view of upcoming case in SC
6 months, 1 week ago

PMK urges T.N. government to conduct caste census to protect 69% reservations in view of upcoming case in SC

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday, July 1, 2024, urged the Tamil Nadu government to conduct a caste census to protect the 69% reservations in Tamil Nadu in the case pending against this in the Supreme Court, as it is expected to be taken up when court proceedings resume after summer break, on July 8. Kapadia, the Supreme Court stated …

CM Siddaramaiah asks Central govt to amend Constitution for internal reservation for SCs
11 months, 3 weeks ago

CM Siddaramaiah asks Central govt to amend Constitution for internal reservation for SCs

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday termed the high-level committee to review internal reservation for Scheduled Castes as a ploy to mislead the Dalit community. "The Central Government has formed a high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to review the internal reservation for Scheduled Castes," Siddaramaiah said in a statement and alleged that this seemed to be …

Internal quota: CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of misleading Dalits
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Internal quota: CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of misleading Dalits

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Referring to the Centre’s move to form a high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to review the internal reservation for Scheduled Castes, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah termed it as a ploy to mislead the Dalit community. The Justice Usha Mehra Commission, also constituted by the Centre for the same purpose, had concluded that sub-categorisation of SCs and …

Patna High Court seeks counter affidavit from Nitish govt on petitions challenging hike in quotas in Bihar
1 year, 1 month ago

Patna High Court seeks counter affidavit from Nitish govt on petitions challenging hike in quotas in Bihar

India TV News  

The Patna High Court on Friday directed the Bihar government to file its response on a batch of petitions challenging the recent increase in reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes. A Division Bench led by Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran asked the Nitish Kumar government, represented by Advocate General PK Shahi, to file …

Bihar: Nitish Kumar proposes to increase reservation quota from 50% to 75% after caste survey results
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar: Nitish Kumar proposes to increase reservation quota from 50% to 75% after caste survey results

Op India  

On 7th November, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar presented a detailed report of the caste-based census in the Legislative Assembly. While tabling the detailed caste census report in the state assembly, he said, “Quotas for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes need to be raised. According to the caste survey, Yadavs have the highest population among OBCs and …

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Writes to PM Modi on Caste Census
1 year, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Writes to PM Modi on Caste Census

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene and integrate caste census with the upcoming national decadal census and make the initiative a monumental step to take the benefits of development to the most vulnerable sections, thus building a stronger, more inclusive India. In a letter to the Prime Minister on Saturday, Stalin, stressing …

INDIA bloc cites Bihar data to reiterate demand for nationwide caste census
1 year, 3 months ago

INDIA bloc cites Bihar data to reiterate demand for nationwide caste census

The Hindu  

Citing the findings of the Bihar caste survey, leaders of the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance on October 2 reiterated their demand for conducting a countrywide caste census to ensure “social justice” to the deprived classes. Welcoming the move of the Bihar government, Congress communication chief Jairam Ramesh said a similar survey was done earlier by the party in Karnataka …

INDIA bloc demands immediate implementation of Women’s Reservation Bill, along with caste census, OBC quotas
1 year, 3 months ago

INDIA bloc demands immediate implementation of Women’s Reservation Bill, along with caste census, OBC quotas

The Hindu  

The Congress on September 20 fielded a high powered line-up — including Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi and former party president Rahul Gandhi — to express the party’s support for the proposed constitutional amendment on reservation for women in legislatures, while also making a strong case for a caste census to be done, followed by reservations for Other Backward …

Kharge's letter to Modi as Rahul Gandhi dares on caste census: ‘I am afraid…’
1 year, 8 months ago

Kharge's letter to Modi as Rahul Gandhi dares on caste census: ‘I am afraid…’

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him for a comprehensive up-to-date caste census, the same day Rahul Gandhi dared the top BJP leader to release the 2011 caste-based census data in the public domain. In the letter, Kharge said the UPA government has conducted a Socio Economic and Caste Census during 2011-12 but …

Cabinet okays internal quota for SCs; to be sent to Centre
1 year, 9 months ago

Cabinet okays internal quota for SCs; to be sent to Centre

The Hindu  

The ruling BJP government in Karnataka on Friday decided to provide internal reservation among 101 Scheduled Castes, in a move that comes just ahead of the Assembly elections. The internal reservation recommendations would be sent to the Centre for its implementation, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told presspersons after the Cabinet meeting on Friday. The Cabinet sub-committee headed by Law Minister …

Caste Census in Bihar: Supreme Court agrees to grant urgent hearing to petition challenging Nitish govt's decision
2 years ago

Caste Census in Bihar: Supreme Court agrees to grant urgent hearing to petition challenging Nitish govt's decision

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to give an urgent hearing to the petition challenging the Bihar government’s notification for conducting the Caste Census in the state. A lawyer mentioned the plea before the Supreme Court seeking an urgent hearing of the petition challenging the Bihar Government’s notification for conducting the Caste Census in the State. Meanwhile, another petition was …

To ‘Caste’ a Wide Net: Karnataka Will Increase SC, ST Quota at the Earliest, Says CM Bommai
2 years, 3 months ago

To ‘Caste’ a Wide Net: Karnataka Will Increase SC, ST Quota at the Earliest, Says CM Bommai

News 18  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that his government was “committed to hiking reservations for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ” and will issue an order on its implementation at the earliest. Meanwhile, the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party core committee also passed a resolution seeking an increase in reservation for SC/STs at the executive meeting held in …

Caste Census : Maharastra Govt Opposes Union's Stand In Supreme Court That Collection Of OBC Information In Census 2021 Is Difficult
3 years, 1 month ago

Caste Census : Maharastra Govt Opposes Union's Stand In Supreme Court That Collection Of OBC Information In Census 2021 Is Difficult

Live Law  

The State of Maharashtra has submitted before the Supreme Court of India that a direction to include enumeration of socio economic data relating to OBCs of Rural India in the upcoming 2021 census would not amount to interfering with a policy decision.The submission has been made in response to Centre's stand taken before the Supreme Court that exclusion of OBCs …

Quota without data: The Hindu Editorial on reservation policies
3 years, 2 months ago

Quota without data: The Hindu Editorial on reservation policies

The Hindu  

An exclusive internal quota for a single caste group was always fraught with the danger of judicial invalidation. The court’s foremost reason is that the State Assembly lacked the legislative competence to enact the law in February 2021, at a time when the Constitution 102nd Amendment, conferring exclusive power to identify backward classes on the President, was in force. The …

Change in promotion quota for SC/STs will lead to chaos: Centre
3 years, 2 months ago

Change in promotion quota for SC/STs will lead to chaos: Centre

Hindustan Times  

The Union government on Tuesday cautioned the Supreme Court that any modification in the current policy on reservations in promotion of people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes “would only throw the entire country into chaos”. In his written note, attorney general KK Venugopal claimed that “the whole of the country, including the public services of the states, …

High Court pulls up Telangana government over OBC quota
3 years, 8 months ago

High Court pulls up Telangana government over OBC quota

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Monday pulled up the state government for not filling any counter since 2019 over a batch of petitions challenging action of said government curtailing percentage of reservations for other backward classes in local body elections to 22 per cent from the earlier 34 per cent. The petitioners said that the state government had considered …

Why Nitish's call for a caste-based Census will worry the Centre
3 years, 10 months ago

Why Nitish's call for a caste-based Census will worry the Centre

India Today  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has once again called for a caste-based census. India’s last caste census, conducted 90 years ago in 1931, had pegged the backward castes at 52 per cent of the population. The Centre’s reservation policy which came into effect in 1992 doesn’t take into account the fact that there exists within the OBCs a separate category …

Castes count: The Hindu Editorial on Tamil Nadu's caste-wise survey
4 years, 1 month ago

Castes count: The Hindu Editorial on Tamil Nadu's caste-wise survey

The Hindu  

The idea of a caste census is back in the realm of public debate, following the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to establish a commission to collect caste-wise data. The move may have been born out of political expediency, in response to the restive pre-election agitation organised by the Pattali Makkal Katchi demanding 20% exclusive reservation in education and government jobs …

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