Bill for reserving SC, ST and OBC promotion in govt jobs to be tabled in July
7 years, 9 months ago

Bill for reserving SC, ST and OBC promotion in govt jobs to be tabled in July

Firstpost  

A bill for reserving promotions for SCs, STs and OBCs in government jobs will be tabled in the next session of Parliament in July, Union minister Ramdas Athawale said on Wednesday. New Delhi: A bill for reserving promotions for SCs, STs and OBCs in government jobs will be tabled in the next session of Parliament in July, Union minister Ramdas Athawale said on Wednesday. The Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment also called upon industrialists, businessmen and entrepreneurs to look beyond government jobs and search for new avenues in industries. In 2012, the Constitutional Amendment Bill providing reservation in promotions on government posts to SCs and STs was passed in Rajya Sabha.

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SC sub-quota for edu, jobs in Telangana from April
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC sub-quota for edu, jobs in Telangana from April

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The state government is set to implement reservations in education and employment for Scheduled Castes communities as per the new SC sub-categorisation from April, according to official sources. This move follows a landmark Supreme Court judgment in August 2024, which permitted states to sub-categorise SCs within the 15 per cent reservation quota for education and employment. In response, Chief Minister …

Odisha: Congress demands more quota for SCs, STs in higher education
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha: Congress demands more quota for SCs, STs in higher education

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : Former Union minister Srikant Jena and ex-Congress MP Anant Prasad Sethi on Sunday said the government should revise the reservation quota for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in higher education in Odisha from 2024-25 academic year. In a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the Congress leaders said in 2015, the state government had announced that reservation …

OBC reservation in temporary posts: Modi govt to SC
1 year, 5 months ago

OBC reservation in temporary posts: Modi govt to SC

Op India  

The Central Government has notified the Supreme Court that reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes will be provided in temporary postings lasting 45 days or beyond. The union government represented by Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj said this to the bench comprising justices Sanjv Khanna and SVN Bhatti in response to a writ petition seeking SC/ST/OBC …

SC/ST/OBC Reservation Will Be Given In Temporary Appointments Which Last For 45 Days Or More : Centre Tells Supreme Court
1 year, 5 months ago

SC/ST/OBC Reservation Will Be Given In Temporary Appointments Which Last For 45 Days Or More : Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Central Government has informed the Supreme Court that reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes will be given in temporary appointments which are to last for 45 days or more. Responding to a writ petition which sought for SC/ST/OBC reservation in temporary jobs, the Central Government informed the Court about Office Memorandum no. Referring to previous …

OBCs Demand Filling up 16 Lakh Vacant Posts
1 year, 7 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 …

SC agrees to hear appeal on January 4 challenging direction to hold U.P. municipal polls without reservation for OBC
2 years, 2 months ago

SC agrees to hear appeal on January 4 challenging direction to hold U.P. municipal polls without reservation for OBC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on January 2 agreed to list on January 4 an appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging 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 …

SC/ST representation at Secretary, Joint Secy level in Centre stands at 4% and 4.9%: Govt data in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 3 months ago

SC/ST representation at Secretary, Joint Secy level in Centre stands at 4% and 4.9%: Govt data in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

The representation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe officers at the rank of joint secretary and secretary in the Government of India stands at 4% and 4.9% respectively, the department of personnel and training informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Responding to a question by Ram Nath Thakur of the Janta Dal, Minister of State Jitendra Singh said in a …

Andhra Pradesh: Bahujan Samaj Party proposes implementation of job quota in private companies
2 years, 7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Bahujan Samaj Party proposes implementation of job quota in private companies

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party leaders Somu Rambabu and Soru Sambayya on Thursday urged the Union Government to implement reservation in jobs for Scheduled Castes, Tribes and Backward Classes at private companies across the country in the backdrop of ‘large-scale privatisation of public sector units’. “The privatisation of PSUs is leading to denial of reservation to OBCs, SCs and STs,” the BSP …

Before Providing Reservation In Promotions To A Cadre, State Obligated To Collect Quantifiable Data Regarding Inadequacy Of Representation Of SC/STs : Supreme Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Before Providing Reservation In Promotions To A Cadre, State Obligated To Collect Quantifiable Data Regarding Inadequacy Of Representation Of SC/STs : Supreme Court

Live Law  

On Friday, the Supreme Court delivered the judgment in the issue relating to reservation in promotions. Article 16 read as under - "Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of posts in the services under the State in favour of the Scheduled Castes and …

Govts need to collect quantifiable data: SC on reservations to SC/ST employees
3 years, 2 months ago

Govts need to collect quantifiable data: SC on reservations to SC/ST employees

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India on Friday announced that Governments need to collect quantifiable data before granting reservation in promotion to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees. The apex court further added that it cannot lay down new yardstick after Constitution bench decisions Earlier in October, the Supreme Court reserved its judgement on the issue of the grant of reservation …

Change in promotion quota for SC/STs will lead to chaos: Centre
3 years, 5 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, …

Supreme Court reserves judgment on issue of grant of reservation in promotion to SCs/STs in government jobs
3 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court reserves judgment on issue of grant of reservation in promotion to SCs/STs in government jobs

Firstpost  

The Centre had earlier told the bench that it is a fact of life that even after 75 years, those belonging to scheduled castes and and scheduled tribes, have not been brought to the same level of merit as the forward classes New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its judgement on the issue of the grant of reservation in …

Not going to reopen decision on grant of reservation in promotion to SCs and STs: SC
3 years, 6 months ago

Not going to reopen decision on grant of reservation in promotion to SCs and STs: SC

India TV News  

The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would not reopen its decision on granting reservation in promotions to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as it was for the states to decide how they implement it. Taking up various pleas pertaining to alleged hurdles in granting reservation in promotions to SCs and STs in various states, a three-judge bench headed by Justice …

SC-ST Reservation to Continue Till Discrimination Remains in Society, Says Sushil Modi
4 years, 3 months ago

SC-ST Reservation to Continue Till Discrimination Remains in Society, Says Sushil Modi

News 18  

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday asserted that the reservation for SCs and STs will continue in Lok Sabha, state legislature and government jobs till discrimination among people and the practice of untouchability remain in the society. Addressing a function on Dr B R Ambedkar's 64th death anniversary, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar hailed the Centre …

Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Thorat accuses RSS, BJP of opposing reservation for backward sections, blames them of trying to do away with ST, SC, OBC quota
5 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Thorat accuses RSS, BJP of opposing reservation for backward sections, blames them of trying to do away with ST, SC, OBC quota

Firstpost  

Balasaheb Thorat was speaking at the ‘BJP Hatao, Aarakshan Bachao’ rally organised by the Congress Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress chief and state Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat on Wednesday accused the RSS and the BJP of being anti-reservation, and said they are trying to do away with quota for STs, SCs and OBCs given by the Constitution. Thorat was speaking at the …

Reservation in promotions | Congress, LJP disagree with Supreme Court’s order
5 years, 1 month 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 …

'Reservations in promotions not a fundamental right': SC says states not bound to provide quotas to SCs, STs in jobs
5 years, 1 month ago

'Reservations in promotions not a fundamental right': SC says states not bound to provide quotas to SCs, STs in jobs

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court gave the verdict during a case regarding the validity of a 2012 notification by the Uttarakhand government to fill up vacancies in government jobs without giving reservation to the SC/ST communities. In a judgment delivered Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that states are not legally bound to provide quotas to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government …

Representation of SCs, STs in Government jobs above prescribed percentage: Government
5 years, 8 months ago

Representation of SCs, STs in Government jobs above prescribed percentage: Government

India TV News  

The representation of SC and ST members in central government services is more than the prescribed percentage while that of other backward classes is lower, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. "As per available information, representation of OBCs, as on January 1, 2012, was 16.55 per cent, which has increased to 21.57 per cent, as on January 1, 2016," he …

Supreme Court says people notified as SC/ST members in one state can't necessarily claim quota benefits in other states
6 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court says people notified as SC/ST members in one state can't necessarily claim quota benefits in other states

Firstpost  

The bench with a majority of 4:1 held that so far as Delhi is concerned, the central reservation policy regarding SC/ST would be applicable here. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi unanimously held that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste in one state cannot be deemed to be a Scheduled Caste in other states where he migrated …

Rajya Sabha rejects resolution to treat SCs, STs equally across states
6 years, 7 months ago

Rajya Sabha rejects resolution to treat SCs, STs equally across states

Hindustan Times  

A private resolution seeking an amendment to the Constitution for equal treatment of SCs and STs across the country was negated in Rajya Sabha on Friday. The resolution sought amending the Constitution to ensure that persons belonging to SCs and STs in one state should be regarded the same across the country to avail the benefits of reservation. When deputy …

Punjab cabinet approves restoration of reservation for Scheduled Caste (SC) state government employees
6 years, 8 months ago

Punjab cabinet approves restoration of reservation for Scheduled Caste (SC) state government employees

Firstpost  

In a reprieve to the state government employees belonging to Scheduled Castes, the Punjab Cabinet on Monday approved the proposal for restoration of the reservation of 14 percent to Scheduled Caste employees in Group-A and Group-B and 20 percent in Group-C and Group-D services for filling up the vacancies by promotion. Chandigarh: In a reprieve to the state government employees …

Supreme Court nod for quota in promotion in govt. jobs for SC/ST staff
6 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court nod for quota in promotion in govt. jobs for SC/ST staff

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally observed that promotions in government offices should go ahead in “accordance with law.” The court was responding to the government’s complaint that the entire promotion process was in limbo because of uncertainty over reservation in promotion for the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees. ‘At a standstill’ Additional Solicitor-General Maninder Singh said promotions had come to …

Supreme Court allows Centre to go ahead with reservation in promotion for SC/ST employees
6 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court allows Centre to go ahead with reservation in promotion for SC/ST employees

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court allowed the Centre to go ahead with reservation in promotion for employees belonging to the SC/ST category in “accordance with law”. Singh said the petition before the bench was the Centre’s challenge to the Delhi High Court’s 23 August last year verdict quashing government’s order extending reservation in promotion to employees belonging to the SC and ST …

SC/ST Reservation In Promotions: SC Permits Govt. To Proceed With 'As Per The Law' Till The Decision Of Constitution Bench
6 years, 9 months ago

SC/ST Reservation In Promotions: SC Permits Govt. To Proceed With 'As Per The Law' Till The Decision Of Constitution Bench

Live Law  

"It is made clear that the Union of India is not debarred from making promotions in accordance with law, subject to further orders, pending further consideration of the matter", said the BenchThe Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Union of India to proceed with the reservation in favour of SC/ST employees “as per the law” in matters of promotion, until …

SC/ST Reservation In Promotions: SC Permits Govt. To Proceed With 'As Per The Law' Till The Decision Of Constitution Bench
6 years, 9 months ago

SC/ST Reservation In Promotions: SC Permits Govt. To Proceed With 'As Per The Law' Till The Decision Of Constitution Bench

Live Law  

"It is made clear that the Union of India is not debarred from making promotions in accordance with law, subject to further orders, pending further consideration of the matter", said the BenchThe Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Union of India to proceed with the reservation in favour of SC/ST employees “as per the law” in matters of promotion, until …

Centre to move Supreme Court over SC/ST quota for promotion in govt jobs; may promulgate ordinance
6 years, 11 months ago

Centre to move Supreme Court over SC/ST quota for promotion in govt jobs; may promulgate ordinance

Firstpost  

Paswan said the court has ruled in favour of reservation for SCs and STs in promotion but also introduced several conditions, which have led to non-implementation of quota guidelines. New Delhi: Stepping up its Dalit outreach, the BJP-led NDA government will now push for reservation for schedules castes and tribes in promotion in government jobs and may bring an ordinance. …

Government to move Supreme Court for Dalit/ST quota in promotion: Paswan
6 years, 11 months ago

Government to move Supreme Court for Dalit/ST quota in promotion: Paswan

India TV News  

Stepping up its Dalit outreach, the BJP-led NDA government will now push for reservation for schedules castes and tribes in promotion in government jobs and may bring an ordinance. Union minister and BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan, who has emerged as the government's key spokesperson on Dalit issues, told reporters that the government will move the apex court for the …

Karnataka Assembly passes bill on reservation for SC/STs in promotions
7 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka Assembly passes bill on reservation for SC/STs in promotions

India TV News  

The Karnataka Assembly today unanimously passed a bill aimed at determination of seniority of government servants promoted on the basis of reservation to post of civil services of the state. Popularly known as "SC/ST promotions bill", it is titled the 'Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation Bill, 2017'. The government had earlier …

Centre for SC/ST promotion quota
7 years, 4 months ago

Centre for SC/ST promotion quota

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday pleaded in the Supreme Court for providing quota in promotions for SC/STs in government jobs and urged for reconsideration of an earlier verdict holding against such reservation in promotions. In October 2006, a five-judge Constitution bench in the case of Nagaraj vs Union of India has concluded the issue by holding that the state …

President Kovind appoints five-member panel to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs
7 years, 5 months ago

President Kovind appoints five-member panel to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs

India TV News  

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday appointed a five-member panel headed by Delhi High Court’s former Chief Justice G Rohini to examine the sub categorisation of Other Backward Classes under Article 340 of the Constitution, an official statement said. “This decision, taken on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, reinforces, in the spirit of his teachings, the government's efforts to …

Bill reserving promotions for SC, ST to be tabled in Parliament in July: Athawale
7 years, 9 months ago

Bill reserving promotions for SC, ST to be tabled in Parliament in July: Athawale

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A bill for reserving promotions for SCs, STs and OBCs in government jobs will be tabled in the next session of Parliament in July, Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said. The Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment also called upon industrialists, businessmen and entrepreneurs to look beyond government jobs and search for new avenues …

NCBC pitches for inclusion of poor among upper castes in OBC list
9 years, 3 months ago

NCBC pitches for inclusion of poor among upper castes in OBC list

India TV News  

New Delhi: Amid rising demand for extension of job reservations for economically backward among upper castes, the National Commission for Backward Classes has said that it can include economically weaker sections in the OBC list noting like caste, occupation is also an indicator of backwardness. While indicating the commission may advice government to bring ‘poor upper caste' under quota ambit, …

Courts can't ask states to provide quota in promotions: SC
10 years, 2 months ago

Courts can't ask states to provide quota in promotions: SC

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Constitution enables governments to provide for reservation of SC/ST category employees even in promotions but courts cannot direct them to make such a provision, the Supreme Court has ruled. Whenever, there exists such a provision for reservation in the matters of recruitment or promotion, it would bestow an enforceable right in favour of persons belonging to SC/ST …

Govt in talks with private sector for job reservations
11 years, 7 months ago

Govt in talks with private sector for job reservations

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government is in talks with the private sector on the issue of providing reservation in jobs, but wants to do it in an “amicable way”, social justice minister Kumari Selja said on Saturday. Selja was winding up a discussion on a Bill seeking to modify the existing list of Scheduled Castes in four states, including Odisha, and …

Promotion quota, if passed, to be implemented from 1995
12 years, 6 months ago

Promotion quota, if passed, to be implemented from 1995

The Hindu  

The Centre proposes to implement reservation in promotion for SCs and STs in government jobs with retrospective effect from June, 1995, according to the bill introduced in Rajya Sabha during the monsoon session. “It is also necessary to give retrospective effect to the proposed clause of Article 16 with effect from the date of coming into force of that clause …

Govt urges opposition to get quota bill passed in RS
12 years, 6 months ago

Govt urges opposition to get quota bill passed in RS

India TV News  

New Delhi, Sept 5: Against the backdrop of opposition by Samajwadi Party and disruption of proceedings by BJP over coalgate issue, Government today appealed to all political parties to get a bill providing for reservation to SCs and STs in promotions in government jobs passed in Rajya Sabha today. Parliamentary Affair Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said he wanted BJP not …

BSP seeks BJP support for job promotion quota bill
12 years, 6 months ago

BSP seeks BJP support for job promotion quota bill

India TV News  

New Delhi, Sept 4: With the Cabinet clearing a bill to provide reservation in promotion to SC/STs in government jobs, BSP supremo Mayawati today met top BJP leaders seeking their support for its passage in the current session of Parliament. Mayawati along with her party colleague Satish Chandra Mishra met Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and her …

BJP rebuffs BSP, Congress plea on quota Bill
12 years, 6 months ago

BJP rebuffs BSP, Congress plea on quota Bill

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to amend the Constitution to provide reservation to SCs and STs in government job promotions. The bill is necessitated to circumvent a Supreme Court verdict striking down reservation benefits for SCs and STs in promotions extended by the then Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh. Apprehending disruption of Parliament on Wednesday as well, …

Tread carefully
12 years, 7 months ago

Tread carefully

The Hindu  

The Central government’s decision to amend the Constitution to provide for reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in promotions in government service is a welcome move, though it is fraught with risks if implemented without careful thought and adequate groundwork. However, this issue was before a constitution bench of the Supreme Court in 2006, which ruled that the state …

AG 'cautions' govt on reservation in promotion for SCs, STs
12 years, 7 months ago

AG 'cautions' govt on reservation in promotion for SCs, STs

India TV News  

New Delhi, Aug 25: The Attorney General is learnt to have cautioned the government on reservation in promotion for SCs and STs saying that any law on the issue should be framed cautiously so that it can face legal challenge in courts. The country's top law officer's opinion to the Ministry of Personnel comes days after the government assured political …

Govt defers plan to bring Bill for job promotion reservation
12 years, 7 months ago

Govt defers plan to bring Bill for job promotion reservation

India TV News  

New Delhi, Aug 22: Government's plan to bring an amended Bill today to provide for reservation in job promotions to SCs/STs has been put off with most political parties on Tuesday favouring a legally-sustainable legislation in the backdrop of the Supreme Court striking down such a measure. At an all-party meeting convened by him to evolve a consensus on the …

Constitution amendment for promotion quota: PM
12 years, 7 months ago

Constitution amendment for promotion quota: PM

The Hindu  

The government will amend the Constitution, if need be, to provide reservation in job promotions to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. This was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday at the conclusion of an all-party meeting here, at which most parties called for legally sustainable legislation in the backdrop of the Supreme Court striking down such …

Bill for providing quota to SCs/STs in government job promotions soon
12 years, 7 months ago

Bill for providing quota to SCs/STs in government job promotions soon

The Hindu  

A bill for providing reservation to SCs/STs in promotions in government jobs will be brought in Parliament within a fortnight, the Rajya Sabha was told on Thursday. Taking up cudgels for a Constitutional amendment to correct the situation after the Supreme Court upheld a High Court decision striking down reservation in promotions for SCs/STs introduced by the Uttar Pradesh government, …

Cabinet nod to filling SC, ST and OBC vacancies
13 years, 2 months ago

Cabinet nod to filling SC, ST and OBC vacancies

The Hindu  

Ahead of elections in five States, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to fill pending vacancies under the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and OBC quota in the Central government, a move that will benefit around 50,000 people. The proposal, discussed and approved in the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday morning, comes soon after the government decision to allow …

SC: Govt Can't Tinker With Quota Rules For IAS/IPS
13 years, 8 months ago

SC: Govt Can't Tinker With Quota Rules For IAS/IPS

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jul 20: Reservation rules for general and reserved candidates in All India Services like IAS and IPS cadre cannot be altered by the Government as it would violate the Constitution, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik in their ruling said that the roster system for general, SC, ST …

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