Why are parties in Tamil Nadu against 10% quota?
5 years, 11 months ago

Why are parties in Tamil Nadu against 10% quota?

The Hindu  

What is their stand? The 103rd Constitution Amendment, through which the Centre has introduced a 10% quota for the economically weaker sections among communities that do not enjoy any other form of reservation, has drawn near universal opposition from almost all major parties in Tamil Nadu. Many in Tamil Nadu believe economic disadvantage among sections of the advanced castes can be addressed through other measures such as job creation, provision of scholarships and financial concessions. A significant section of the population is already covered by the State’s total reservation of 69% for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the backward classes, the most backward classes and denotified communities. The backward class quota has a sub-quota for backward class Muslims and the Scheduled Caste reservation has a sub-quota for Arundhatiyars, considered the worst-off among the Scheduled Caste.

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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, 3 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 …

OPINION| Quota Within Quota: The Secret Weapon!
2 months ago

OPINION| Quota Within Quota: The Secret Weapon!

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing his best to explain to voters of Jharkhand and Maharashtra the exact meaning of his slogan, “Ek Hain, Toh Safe Hain”. The issue came up before the Supreme Court recently, and the apex court in August ruled by a 6:1 majority judgement that sub-classification within the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes was permissible. In …

Karnataka government Muslim quota row; Telangana launches caste census
2 months ago

Karnataka government Muslim quota row; Telangana launches caste census

India Today  

The Karnataka government previously denied plans to introduce a Muslim quota in public tenders. However, Naseer Ahmed, MLC and political secretary to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, is advocating for a four percent reservation for Muslims in government tenders. Telangana government, led by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, has officially launched a caste census. Officials see this as a step toward equitable resource …

NCP and Shiv Sena Clash Over Reservation Quota in Education and Government Jobs
3 months, 1 week ago

NCP and Shiv Sena Clash Over Reservation Quota in Education and Government Jobs

New Indian Express  

NCP leader Sharad Pawar urges the Centre to increase reservation in education and government jobs beyond the existing 50 per cent cap. Pawar argues that granting reservation to Marathas could violate the rights of other communities and that a constitutional amendment may be necessary to raise the quota cap.

Quotas in quota | Panacea or pandora's box?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Quotas in quota | Panacea or pandora's box?

India Today  

On August 1, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment redefining the framework of affirmative action. Chandrachud allowed states to create subclassifications within the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The aim is to ensure a more equitable distribution of reservation benefits among the most backward communities within these categories. It has in effect now allowed states to further demarcate reservations …

In Tamil Nadu, data on quota is a Pandora’s Box
5 months ago

In Tamil Nadu, data on quota is a Pandora’s Box

The Hindu  

Politics over reservation in education and public employment is nothing new to Tamil Nadu. The question over the data has been addressed partially through the publication of the State Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department’s reply to a query under the RTI on the representation of Vanniyars and the rest within the exclusive 20% quota for MBC-DNCs …

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 …

Supreme Court judgment backs validity of Tamil Nadu’s Arunthathiyar quota law
5 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court judgment backs validity of Tamil Nadu’s Arunthathiyar quota law

The Hindu  

A majority judgment of the Supreme Court on Thursday has backed the constitutional validity of a Tamil Nadu law that offered preferential treatment among the Scheduled Castes to socially and educationally backward Arunthathiyars. The Tamil Nadu State Legislature had enacted the Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars Reservation Act, 2009, to provide the Arunthathiyars reservation in appointments or posts in State services on …

Why has Supreme Court re-examined subclassification in SC-ST quotas? Explained
5 months, 1 week ago

Why has Supreme Court re-examined subclassification in SC-ST quotas? Explained

India TV News  

With a decisive majority of 6:1, the seven-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday ruled in favour of sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The latest decision overruled the 2004 judgment in the EV Chinnaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh case, which held that there can be no sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled …

Any threat to 69% reservation will lead to dismissal of DMK govt., says Anbumani
6 months, 1 week ago

Any threat to 69% reservation will lead to dismissal of DMK govt., says Anbumani

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had no right to talk about social justice, and any threat to the 69% reservation in the State would result in the dismissal of the DMK government. According to him, the DMK had always claimed to champion welfare schemes that ensured social justice, but in reality, it had …

VHR Asks BJP to Lift 50% Quota Cap
6 months, 1 week ago

VHR Asks BJP to Lift 50% Quota Cap

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior TPCC leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Monday called on the NDA-led BJP government at the Centre to pass a bill in Parliament that would allow reservations to exceed the current 50 percent cap. Hanumantha Rao highlighted that the Congress wants all state laws regarding reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes to be included in …

Parliament should pass law on reservations to exceed 50% cap: Congress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Parliament should pass law on reservations to exceed 50% cap: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on June 30 said Parliament should pass a law to enable reservations to exceed the 50% cap, a day after NDA constituent Janata Dal demanded that the quota increase in Bihar be included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution. At a meeting of the JD national executive here on Saturday, the party expressed concern over a recent …

The Patna HC judgment on reservation and its implications on future quota policies
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Patna HC judgment on reservation and its implications on future quota policies

Hindustan Times  

Recently, the Patna High Court in Gaurav Kumar and Others vs State of Bihar and Ors. After independence, Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India laid down measures for reservations for the backward classes, where, Article 15 talks about educational institutions, though the word “adequate” is not used, however in Article 16, the provision reserves adequate representation and …

We did not make any changes to BC quota, says CM Siddaramaiah
8 months, 2 weeks ago

We did not make any changes to BC quota, says CM Siddaramaiah

New Indian Express  

BIDAR/BENGALURU: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP intensifying their attacks on the Congress over Muslim quota, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the 4% reservation for Muslims has been in force in Karnataka since 1994 as per the Chinnappa Reddy Commission’s recommendation. In Bidar, the CM said some people approached the Supreme Court during the tenure of the …

Muslim quota part of agenda to push country towards Islamisation: Adityanath
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslim quota part of agenda to push country towards Islamisation: Adityanath

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Thursday alleged that the Congress' attempt to give reservations to Muslims from the OBC quota in Karnataka was part of its agenda to push the country towards "Islamisation and division". Muslim quota part of agenda to push country towards Islamisation: Adityanath The firebrand BJP leader claimed that the Congress wanted to deprive the …

Quota for Muslims in Telangana and Andhra back in focus
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Quota for Muslims in Telangana and Andhra back in focus

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks at an election rally in Rajasthan on Tuesday stating that the Congress was trying to give reservations to Muslims by reducing the quota for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, brought to the fore the debate over provision of reservations to the Muslims in Andhra Pradesh. Muslims have been enjoying 4% reservations …

Maharashtra assembly passes bill for 10% reservation to Marathas
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra assembly passes bill for 10% reservation to Marathas

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra assembly on Monday passed a bill for 10% reservation to the Marathas in educational institutes and government jobs even as courts struck down similar laws enacted in 2014 and 2019. In its report, the commission said Marathas, who account for Maharashtra’s 28% population, faced “‘exceptional and extraordinary” backwardness, making it a fit case for the reservation to breach …

Cannot treat Scheduled Castes as a homogenous group: Supreme Court
11 months, 1 week ago

Cannot treat Scheduled Castes as a homogenous group: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

A seven-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday observed that Scheduled Castes cannot be treated as a “homogenous group” for granting reservation as some may have advanced in society while other continue to remain “particularly underprivileged”. The court said the diverse groups, clubbed together in the Presidential list under Article 341 of the Constitution …

In Bihar, reservation now at 75%. What about Supreme Court's 50% cap?
1 year, 2 months ago

In Bihar, reservation now at 75%. What about Supreme Court's 50% cap?

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court in its landmark 1992 judgment in the Indra Sawhney vs Union of India — popularly known as the Mandal Commission verdict – capped reservation for the backward class in government jobs and educational institutions at 50 per cent. The Kumar government’s decision also takes Bihar’s reservation quota past the 50 per cent camp imposed by the Supreme …

Bihar assembly unanimously passes bill for 65% caste reservation
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar assembly unanimously passes bill for 65% caste reservation

Op India  

Bihar Assembly has passed the ‘Reservation Amendment Bill’ to raise reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes in state jobs and educational institutions to 65% on 9 November. On November 7, the Bihar Cabinet approved the initiative to enhance the state’s quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. It is clear …

Bihar assembly passes bill to hike quotas for SCs, STs & backward classes to 65 per cent, surpasses SC's 50 per cent cap
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar assembly passes bill to hike quotas for SCs, STs & backward classes to 65 per cent, surpasses SC's 50 per cent cap

Firstpost  

The Caste Survey report revealed that OBCs and the extremely backward classes sub-group account for a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total of 13.07 crore, while SCs and STs together were slightly over 21 per cent. The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to raise the quota for SCs, STs, Other Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes …

Bihar cabinet clears quota hike to 75%, Bill likely today
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar cabinet clears quota hike to 75%, Bill likely today

Hindustan Times  

At a special meeting held on Tuesday evening, the Bihar cabinet approved a proposal to increase the reservations in government jobs and educational institutions from the existing 60% to 75%, hours after chief minister Nitish Kumar told the state assembly that his government would bring a Bill in the ongoing winter session of the legislature to effect the quota hike …

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 …

Nitish Kumar wants backward classes quota to be increased from 50% to 65%, 10% for EWS
1 year, 2 months ago

Nitish Kumar wants backward classes quota to be increased from 50% to 65%, 10% for EWS

India TV News  

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in wake of the outcomes of the recently conducted caste census in Bihar, voiced in favour of further increasing the reservation for Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes as their population has increased according to the survey. Nitish Kumar said that the quota for Backward Classes should be increased from 50 per cent to …

Why Tamil Nadu’s first BC panel was against caste-based proportional quota
1 year, 2 months ago

Why Tamil Nadu’s first BC panel was against caste-based proportional quota

The Hindu  

With caste census protagonists demanding proportional reservation in government services, more than 50 years ago, the Backward Classes Commission, headed by veteran A.N. Sattanathan, analysed the issue and concluded that it “will neither be administratively feasible nor would it be in the interest of the social integration of the population” to recommend individual representation for particular castes. Pointing out that …

JD(U), RJD push for ‘quota within quota’ for backward class women
1 year, 3 months ago

JD(U), RJD push for ‘quota within quota’ for backward class women

The Hindu  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on September 20 welcomed the Women’s Reservation Bill tabled in Parliament a day earlier, but also advocated for a “quota within quota” for women from backward and extremely backward classes, calling for a caste census to be conducted along with the general census. I’m of the firm opinion that within the ambit of women’s reservation …

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 …

States should be able to decide the quantum of reservation: MK Stalin
1 year, 3 months ago

States should be able to decide the quantum of reservation: MK Stalin

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has opposed limiting reservations to 50 per cent in employment and education and demanded that respective states be allowed to decide on the quantum of quota. Tamil Nadu, for instance, had a maximum of 69 per cent reservation and it should not be capped at 50 per cent, the Chief Minister said on Tuesday …

Tamil Nadu: Stalin terms Women's Reservation Bill 'poll gimmick', AIADMK welcomes quota
1 year, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Stalin terms Women's Reservation Bill 'poll gimmick', AIADMK welcomes quota

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday called the Women's Reservation Bill in its current form a "poll gimmick" as it would be implemented only after a delimitation exercise on the basis of a yet-to-be-held census. Dubbing the Women's Bill a poll gimmick triggered by the prospect of electoral defeat, the CM said it is a "strange trick" to …

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin demands states be allowed to decide on quantum of reservation
1 year, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin demands states be allowed to decide on quantum of reservation

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, while virtually addressing the second conference of All India Federation for Social Justice, New Delhi on Tuesday, opposed limiting reservation to 50 per cent in employment and education. He targeted RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for expressing his support for reservation, asking where the same RSS was when the VP Singh regime that provided …

No proposal to revive MP quota for admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas: Centre
1 year, 5 months ago

No proposal to revive MP quota for admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas: Centre

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Union government is not considering reviving the quota for Members of Parliament for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country as of now, the education ministry said on Monday. HT Image The government’s statement came in response to a query by Biju Janata Dal member Sarmistha Sethi in Lok Sabha on plans to revive the discretionary quota …

SC says THIS on withdrawal of Muslim quota bill in Karnataka today
1 year, 8 months ago

SC says THIS on withdrawal of Muslim quota bill in Karnataka today

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday expressed its disapproval of the comments made by politicians on Karnataka's Muslim OBC reservation matter. A bench of Justices KM Joseph, BV Nagarathna, and Ahsanuddin Amanullaj said, “When the matter is pending before the court and there is a court order on Karnataka Muslim quota, then there should not be any political statements …

SC takes exception to public statements made about pending issue of scrapping of 4% Muslim quota in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

SC takes exception to public statements made about pending issue of scrapping of 4% Muslim quota in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on May 9 said sub judice cases should not be “politicised” after a petitioner alleged on Tuesday that Home Minister Amit Shah has made public statements about the scrapping of the 4% quota for Muslims in Karnataka ahead of the Assembly elections. The Bench adjourned the case after Mr. Mehta assured that appointments or admissions would not …

'Wholesale Domicile Reservation Unconstitutional' : Supreme Court Asks MP Govt To Review 75% Domicile Quota In B.Ed Seats
1 year, 8 months ago

'Wholesale Domicile Reservation Unconstitutional' : Supreme Court Asks MP Govt To Review 75% Domicile Quota In B.Ed Seats

Live Law  

Stating that domicile reservation should not become a "wholesale reservation", the Supreme Court has asked the State of Madhya Pradesh to review its decision to have 75% domicile reservation in B.Ed seats. "We make it clear that though reservation in favour of residents is permissible, yet reservation to the extent of 75% of the total seats makes it a wholesale …

Karnataka Govt. decision scrapping 4% quota to Muslims will not be implemented till May 9: Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka Govt. decision scrapping 4% quota to Muslims will not be implemented till May 9: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

April 25, 2023 01:27 pm | Updated April 26, 2023 12:20 am IST - NEW DELHI The Karnataka Government on April 25 won an adjournment again in the Supreme Court during the hearing of a petition challenging the State’s decision to scrap 4% OBC quota for Muslims and divide it between Vokkaliga and Lingayat castes ahead of the Assembly elections. …

Bhatti slams Amit Shah for remarks on Muslim quota
1 year, 8 months ago

Bhatti slams Amit Shah for remarks on Muslim quota

Deccan Chronicle  

KARIMNAGAR: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka called Union home minister Amit Shah's statement that the BJP will scrap 4 per cent reservations for Muslims in Telangana if the party forms government a "drop of poison" meant to cause unrest in a state where people live in peace and communal harmony. Bhatti stated that the Congress government provided 4 percent reservations …

DC Edit | Muslim quota quip stirs T-pot
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Muslim quota quip stirs T-pot

Deccan Chronicle  

Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement at a public meeting organised by the Telangana state BJP unit at Chevella as a build up to the Assembly elections slated for the end of this year, in which he called upon people to elect his party and have the first-ever saffron state government in a Telugu state, in return for which, the …

SC defers hearing on pleas challenging scrapping of 4% Muslim quota in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

SC defers hearing on pleas challenging scrapping of 4% Muslim quota in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred till April 25 hearing on a batch of pleas challenging scrapping of the four per cent Muslim quota in Karnataka after the state government sought time to file its reply. On April 13, the Karnataka government's decision to scrap four per cent Muslim quota ahead of the assembly polls came under the …

Karnataka govt showed ‘haste’ in scrapping 4% Muslim quota: Supreme Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka govt showed ‘haste’ in scrapping 4% Muslim quota: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4% other backward classes quota for Muslims is “prima facie shaky and flawed,” the Supreme Court said on Thursday even as the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government undertook that no fresh appointment or admissions will be made in terms of the contentious government order until the court hears the matter next on April 18. …

Tamil Nadu panel has sought six months to submit report on Vanniyar quota: CM Stalin
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu panel has sought six months to submit report on Vanniyar quota: CM Stalin

Hindustan Times  

The state’s backward classes commission has sought six months to submit a report regarding the contentious 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyar community within the quota for most backward classes, Chief minister M K Stalin said on Thursday in the assembly. Tamil Nadu’s backward classes commission has sought six months to submit a report regarding 10.5% reservation for Vanniyar community, Chief …

Based on fallacious assumption: SC on Karnataka govt's decision on scrapping 4% Muslim quota
1 year, 9 months ago

Based on fallacious assumption: SC on Karnataka govt's decision on scrapping 4% Muslim quota

India TV News  

Karnataka elections 2023: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Karnataka government on pleas challenging the State government's notification scrapping the 4 per cent OBC reservation for Muslims. Karnataka government's decision to raise 2 per cent quota for Vokkaliga, and Lingayat each and scrapping 4 per cent OBC quota for Muslims prima facie is shaky and flawed, …

Commission working on 10.5% quota for Vanniyars need 6 more months: CM Stalin
1 year, 9 months ago

Commission working on 10.5% quota for Vanniyars need 6 more months: CM Stalin

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu’s backward classes commission has sought six extra months’ time to submit a report regarding the 10.5% internal reservation for the Vanniyar community, chief minister MK Stalin said on Thursday in the state assembly. PMK’s founder S Ramadoss in a statement demanded that the chief minister enact a new legislation of providing a 10.5% reservation for Vanniyars by May …

Unscientific, Says Moily on BJP's Move to Increase Lingayat-Vokkaliga Quota; Clears Air on Tipu Sultan
1 year, 9 months ago

Unscientific, Says Moily on BJP's Move to Increase Lingayat-Vokkaliga Quota; Clears Air on Tipu Sultan

News 18  

The Congress in Karnataka seems to have got a head start in this election with successful campaigns against the BJP like PayCM and 40 per cent commission having made an impact. If the Grand Old Party strategises the elections well and does not get ‘overconfident’, it can come back to power with a full mandate, believes senior Congress leader and …

As Karnataka heads for polls, here are key issues that are in intense public debate
1 year, 9 months ago

As Karnataka heads for polls, here are key issues that are in intense public debate

The Hindu  

Karnataka is headed for Assembly elections on May 10 even as debates rage on allegations of corruption against the ruling BJP, changes in the caste reservation matrix made at the fag end of the government’s tenure and an undercurrent of communal narrative. Battle lines have been drawn between the BJP, Congress and Janata Dal, with the ruling dispensation attempting to …

Karnataka says 4% quota for Muslims was shifted'
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka says 4% quota for Muslims was shifted'

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: As the Karnataka government’s move to scrap four per cent reservation for Muslims kicked off a firestorm across the southern state, state government officials claimed that the reservation has “not been scrapped, but only shifted”. It was being claimed that by moving the community to the EWS category, “Muslims will now be in a grouping which has 10 …

DC Edit | Scrap religion-based quotas; it's time to rethink all others
1 year, 9 months ago

DC Edit | Scrap religion-based quotas; it's time to rethink all others

Deccan Chronicle  

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka has taken a decision to end the quota of four per cent for Muslims in the state, just ahead of an announcement of the schedule of polls for the next Assembly from the Election Commission of India. The BJP in the state added further nuance saying that it was not ending any quota …

Karnataka govt. scraps Muslim quota of 4%, increases quota of Lingayats and Vokkaligas by 2% each
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka govt. scraps Muslim quota of 4%, increases quota of Lingayats and Vokkaligas by 2% each

The Hindu  

In what could be a game changer ahead of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections scheduled in April-May this year, the ruling BJP government has scrapped the reservation of 4% given to Muslims in Karnataka under 2B of Other Backward Classes category and distributed it to two dominant communities — Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas — at 2% each in jobs and admissions …

Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against HC directive to hold local body polls without OBC quota
2 years ago

Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against HC directive to hold local body polls without OBC quota

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against an Allahabad High Court direction to hold local body elections in the State without reservation for Other Backward Classes. The case raises the fundamental question whether quota for political representation in urban self-government bodies can be equated with reservation in higher education and public employment for socially and economically …

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