Left opposing reservations for first time: Jaitley pitches for upper caste quota
6 years ago

Left opposing reservations for first time: Jaitley pitches for upper caste quota

India Today  

Hitting back at opposition posed by the Left to the quota for unreserved category, Arun Jaitley today in Parliament said, "This is the first time in history when the Left is opposing benefits for the poor in society." As he spoke in favour of a 10 per cent quota for the economically backward among upper castes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that this quota will provide economic justice to all Indians. The government made it clear in Lok Sabha that existing quotas will not be disturbed for the one for economically backward persons among upper castes. The Lok Sabha has begun the debate on a 10 percent quota for economically backward upper castes. The bill seeks 10 per cent reservation for economically backward upper castes that are currently not covered under reservation in government jobs.

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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 …

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 …

What Next? Quotas in Cricket Team?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What Next? Quotas in Cricket Team?

News 18  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has become obsessed with caste, so much so that he seems to be outdoing the Mandal-Lohia brand of leaders whose casteist approach in politics has done immense harm to the country. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju rightly slammed the Leader of the Opposition for refusing to “see first tribal President, OBC PM, record numbers of SC/ST Cabinet …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Maratha quota row: 'Just for election', Manoj Jarange opposes Eknath Shinde's reservation bill
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maratha quota row: 'Just for election', Manoj Jarange opposes Eknath Shinde's reservation bill

India TV News  

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Tuesday said the government's move to approve the draft bill for implementing a 10 per cent reservation has been taken by keeping election and votes in mind. This was his first reaction after the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government gave a nod to the draft bill for implementing a 10% reservation for the Maratha …

Bihar notifies quota hike after Governor signs bills
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar notifies quota hike after Governor signs bills

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar government issued the gazette notification for the two quota bills on Tuesday after Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar signed the Bihar reservation of vacancies in posts and services amendment Bill and the Bihar reservation amendment Bill, 2023, to pave the way for the increase in quota from the existing 50% to 65%. Under the new provision, based on the …

Bihar government notifies quota hike after governor signs bills
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar government notifies quota hike after governor signs bills

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar government on Tuesday issued the gazette notification for the two quota bills after governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar signed the Bihar Reservation of vacancies in posts and services Amendment Bill and the Bihar Reservation Amendment Bill, 2023 paving the way for increase in quota from the existing 50% to 65%. Under the new provision, based on the findings of …

Nitish Kumar-led Bihar govt raises quota for deprived castes to 65 per cent in state jobs, education
1 year, 1 month ago

Nitish Kumar-led Bihar govt raises quota for deprived castes to 65 per cent in state jobs, education

India TV News  

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has formally increased the reservation quota for deprived castes from 50% to 65% in state government jobs and educational institutions. Governor Arlekar sent formal notifications for both bills—the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services Amendment Bill and the Bihar Reservation Amendment Bill, 2023—to the state government, endorsing the proposed changes. The swift …

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 …

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 …

BJP, Congress faceoff over women's quota bill, Amit Shah 'corrects' Adhir Ranjan
1 year, 3 months ago

BJP, Congress faceoff over women's quota bill, Amit Shah 'corrects' Adhir Ranjan

India Today  

A heated exchange unfolded in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday as senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sought to attribute credit to his party for the women's reservation bill cleared by the Union Cabinet, but only to face a strong rebuttal from Home Minister Amit Shah. The debate between Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Amit Shah centered on the legislative history …

Maratha stir reveals limits of quota politics
1 year, 4 months ago

Maratha stir reveals limits of quota politics

Hindustan Times  

The Maratha agitation leader Manoj Jarange-Patil’s conditional offer to end his hunger strike without calling off the larger stir for quotas offers some breathing space for the Maharashtra administration. The Supreme Court has already indicated that electoral considerations cannot drive the state’s quota policy when it struck down the 2018 law that created a separate quota for Marathas. Political/community leaders, …

These Seats Are Reserved: Putting the quota debate in context
1 year, 7 months ago

These Seats Are Reserved: Putting the quota debate in context

India Today  

These Seats are Reserved: Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India by Abhinav Chandrachud, a lawyer practising at the Bombay High Court, explains the history of the affirmative action provisions in the Indian Constitution and demystifies the complex set of rules and procedures through which these clauses are put into operation. The first half traces the history of constitutionalising reservation …

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 …

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 …

'EWS Quota Is Reservation For Upper Castes With A Creamy Layer Exclusion': All India Backward Classes Federation Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Judgment
2 years, 1 month ago

'EWS Quota Is Reservation For Upper Castes With A Creamy Layer Exclusion': All India Backward Classes Federation Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Judgment

Live Law  

A review petition has been filed by All India Backward Classes Federation against the majority judgement of the Constitution Bench judgment upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced provisions for reservation to Economically Weaker Sections. The judgement dated 07.11.2022, by a 3:2 majority, had upheld the validity f the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for …

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?
2 years, 1 month ago

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court's judgment in Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India upheld the One Hundred and Third Amendment to the Constitution of India. The majority, led by Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, held that a) economic criteria can be the sole basis of reservations; b) EWS reservation can be applied to private unaided institutions; c) that exclusion of socially and educationally backward …

Why 10% quota for ‘economically weak’ in India has caused uproar
2 years, 2 months ago

Why 10% quota for ‘economically weak’ in India has caused uproar

Al Jazeera  

Controversial 10 percent quota in jobs and education for so-called ‘Economically Weaker Sections’ category of people angers politicians and caste activists. Politicians and activists in India have raised concerns over the country’s Supreme Court upholding a controversial government decision to implement a 10 percent quota in jobs and education for the so-called Economically Weaker Sections of society. — Shoaib Daniyal …

Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah hits out at SC's decision to uphold 10 per cent quota for EWS
2 years, 2 months ago

Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah hits out at SC's decision to uphold 10 per cent quota for EWS

Firstpost  

The five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the Constitution’s 103rd Amendment Act 2019 New Delhi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has hit out at the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold 10 per cent reservation in colleges and government jobs for the poor or EWS. There is no mention of economic backwardness for reservation.” …

CM Bommai: Karnataka may opt for new commission to assess quota
2 years, 9 months ago

CM Bommai: Karnataka may opt for new commission to assess quota

Hindustan Times  

A new commission will likely be set up by the BJP government in Karnataka in order to facilitate the reservation of seats for OBCs in local polls as mandated by recent orders of the Supreme Court. Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai held an all-party meeting to discuss reservation for OBCs and holding the long-overdue local body polls. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj …

'Can we accept no backward caste has moved forward?': Supreme Court makes strong observations on reservation
3 years, 9 months ago

'Can we accept no backward caste has moved forward?': Supreme Court makes strong observations on reservation

India TV News  

For how many generations would reservations in jobs and education continue, the Supreme Court sought to know during the Maratha quota case hearing on Friday and raised concerns over “resultant inequality” in case the overall 50 per cent limit was to be removed. Arguing in favour of the Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas, Rohatgi referred to various aspects of …

Politics in Dalit quota
4 years, 3 months ago

Politics in Dalit quota

The Hindu  

O n August 27, a five-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Arun Mishra ruled that State governments had the right to sub-classify Scheduled Caste categories in order to ensure equitable distribution of socio-economic benefits under reservation. The commission has recommended internal reservation within the 15 per cent Dalit quota in Karnataka. According to informal assessments by Madiga …

Quota Within Quota: Supreme Court Set to Revive Debate on Creamy Layer Within Scheduled Castes
4 years, 4 months ago

Quota Within Quota: Supreme Court Set to Revive Debate on Creamy Layer Within Scheduled Castes

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Thursday disagreed with its 2004 Constitution Bench verdict, which had ruled against giving preferential treatment to certain sub-castes within the Scheduled Castes. The rethink by the top court is set to revive the debate on concept of creamy layer within SCs, and authorising states to give benefits of quota to groups that were not able to …

It is up to States to provide 10% EWS quota: Centre
5 years ago

It is up to States to provide 10% EWS quota: Centre

The Hindu  

The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it would be the States’ prerogative to provide 10% economic reservation in government jobs and admission to education institutions. “Whether or not to provide reservation to the economically weaker section in appointment to State government jobs and admission to State government educational institutions, as per provisions of the newly inserted Articles …

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea against Maratha quota
5 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea against Maratha quota

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition challenging Bombay High Court judgment, allowing reservations for Marathas in jobs and educational institution. The Bombay High Court in June upheld the validity of reservations in education and government jobs granted to the Maratha community under the Socially and Educationally Backward Class category but reduced the quantum from 16 per …

West Bengal becomes fourth state to exceed SC's 50% cap on reservations after TMC govt announces EWS quota
5 years, 6 months ago

West Bengal becomes fourth state to exceed SC's 50% cap on reservations after TMC govt announces EWS quota

Firstpost  

The TMC government’s decision of adding a 10 percent quota for EWS now takes the total quota beyond the 50 percent cap, mandated by the Supreme Court. Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government’s announcement of 10 percent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the economically weaker sections in the general category makes West Bengal the fourth state after Tamil …

Monsoon Session of Parliament: RS extends President's Rule in J&K, clears reservation Bill; LS nod to Bill on quotas in filling teachers' positions
5 years, 6 months ago

Monsoon Session of Parliament: RS extends President's Rule in J&K, clears reservation Bill; LS nod to Bill on quotas in filling teachers' positions

Firstpost  

The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Bill, 2019 and a resolution to extend President’s Rule in the state by six months effective 3 July were passed by the Rajya Sabha The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Bill, 2019 and a resolution to extend President’s Rule in the state by six months effective 3 July were passed by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. …

Lok Sabha clears 10% quota in jobs for EWS in central institutes
5 years, 6 months ago

Lok Sabha clears 10% quota in jobs for EWS in central institutes

Live Mint  

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the much-touted Central Educational Institutions Bill, 2019, with near unanimity. The bill seeks to have 10% reservation in jobs for the economically weaker section in central institutions, besides effecting other statutory reservations in hiring of professors by considering an university as a single unit, instead of a department. However, the Lok Sabha did not …

‘10% quota a step towards casteless society’
5 years, 10 months ago

‘10% quota a step towards casteless society’

The Hindu  

The 10% quota law is a step towards a classless and casteless society, the Union government has indicated in the Supreme Court. The Constitution Act, 2019, was meant “to benefit the economically weaker sections of society who were not covered by the existing schemes of reservation.” It said the law was meant to benefit a “large section of the population …

SC refuses to stay 10% quota for general category poor; to examine need for referring case to constitution bench on 28 Mar
5 years, 10 months ago

SC refuses to stay 10% quota for general category poor; to examine need for referring case to constitution bench on 28 Mar

Firstpost  

Declining to stay the 10 percent quota for Economically Weaker Sections, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it will examine on 28 March if a Constitution Bench should hear the matter Declining to stay the 10 percent quota for Economically Weaker Sections, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it will examine on 28 March if a constitution bench …

Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on fresh plea against 10 percent quota to general category poor
5 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on fresh plea against 10 percent quota to general category poor

Firstpost  

The apex court, which had earlier issued a notice to the Centre on similar petitions, Friday ordered tagging of the fresh plea of Tehseen Poonawalla with pending ones. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging its decision to grant 10 percent reservation in jobs and admissions to general category …

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 …

Implement 10% quota for poor: Centre directs educational institutions
5 years, 11 months ago

Implement 10% quota for poor: Centre directs educational institutions

India Today  

All educational institutes and universities have been directed by the centre to implement 10 per cent reservation for economically weak in general category in the upcoming educational year. Office memorandum to implement 10 per cent quota: "The government has issued an office memorandum to implement 10 per cent reservation. About 10 per cent quota: Parliament has recently passed the Constitution …

Zero-sum game
5 years, 11 months ago

Zero-sum game

The Hindu  

THE Union government’s move to provide 10 per cent reservation for the “economically weaker sections” not only evoked widespread support across party lines but also gave rise to a similar strain of interpretation. The opposition was of the view that the Prime Minister and his associates in the National Democratic Alliance had embarked on an ill-thought-out, ad hoc operation just …

After EWS quota, only 10 per cent of India is left out
5 years, 11 months ago

After EWS quota, only 10 per cent of India is left out

Deccan Chronicle  

Not so well-off upper caste Hindus, Muslims and Christians, who have so far not benefited from “reservations” or quotas, woke up last week to a pleasant surprise — now they had all been included! Three decades earlier, in 1990, Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh used the recommendations of the Mandal Commission Report 1980 to provide an additional reservation of 27 …

Prakash Javadekar says 10% quota for economically weaker in general category to be implemented from 2019 academic year
5 years, 11 months ago

Prakash Javadekar says 10% quota for economically weaker in general category to be implemented from 2019 academic year

Firstpost  

The 10 percent quota is meant for individuals belonging to economically weaker sections whose parental annual earning is not more than Rs 8 lakh and possess less than five acres of agriculture land. New Delhi: Ten percent reservation for the poor falling under the ambit of general category will be implemented in all educational institutions from the academic year 2019 …

10% quota to be implemented in 40,000 colleges, about 900 universities in India: Prakash Javadekar
6 years ago

10% quota to be implemented in 40,000 colleges, about 900 universities in India: Prakash Javadekar

India Today  

Terming the Modi government's decision to provide 10-per cent reservation for economically backward section in general category a move towards social justice, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said, "thousands of seats will be there in higher education institutions under the new category from the next academic session." Bill passed by President Ram Nath Kovind President Ram Nath Kovind has given …

Gujarat to implement 10% quota law for general category 'poor' from today; Congress criticises 'hurried announcement'
6 years ago

Gujarat to implement 10% quota law for general category 'poor' from today; Congress criticises 'hurried announcement'

Firstpost  

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government said on Sunday that it will implement the 10 percent reservations in government jobs and higher education for the economically backward sections in the general category from 14 January. The Constitutional amendment to provide the 10 percent quota received assent of President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday. “The economically-weaker sections from the general category will get …

Opinion | Quota politics is the legacy of flawed priorities
6 years ago

Opinion | Quota politics is the legacy of flawed priorities

Live Mint  

Last Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance announced its decision to expand India’s affirmative action agenda. But you don’t have the kind of difficulty that you have in India where a poor person doesn’t have a school to go to, doesn’t have a hospital where he can take his child to, which will provide basic diagnostic and …

Excuse of upper caste poverty may not help Modi govt get away with 10% quota if it's legally challenged
6 years ago

Excuse of upper caste poverty may not help Modi govt get away with 10% quota if it's legally challenged

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court has ground to quash the 10 percent quota law it if it is challenged before it as there has been no mention of any inadequate representation of poorer sections of the society. *** By introducing 10 percent reservations for economically weaker sections of the general category, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing what PV Narasimha Rao tried …

10% quota Bill becomes law
6 years ago

10% quota Bill becomes law

The Hindu  

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday gave his assent to the Constitution amendment that provides 10% reservation to the economically backward section in the general category in government jobs and education. With the Ministry for Law and Justice issuing a notification about the Constitution Act, 2019 receiving the Presidential assent, reservation for the economically weaker among general category is now …

Breaking: Economic Quota Bill [103rd Constitution Amendment] Gets President's Assent
6 years ago

Breaking: Economic Quota Bill [103rd Constitution Amendment] Gets President's Assent

Live Law  

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday gave his assent to The Constitution which aims to provide reservation in public employment and higher education for economically weaker sections. The proposed Article 15 enables State to make special provisions for advancement of any economically weaker section of citizens, including reservations in educational institutions. As regards job reservations, the proposed …

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