Rajasthan announces 6% reservation to most backward castes within OBCs
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan announces 6% reservation to most backward castes within OBCs

Live Mint  

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday informed that the state government is set to allocate a six per cent quota for the Most Backward Castes within the Other Backward Classes. "A survey will be conducted by the OBC commission to identify the most backward castes in the OBC category and the commission will submit the report in a time-bound manner," Gehlot tweeted on Wednesday night. The Chief Minister explained that in the context of the 10 percent reservation provided for the Economically Weaker Sections category, the Rajasthan government eliminated the requirement of immovable property. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan presented data in a written response, indicating that out of the total sanctioned 7,033 posts allocated for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes candidates in these central universities, 3,007 positions remain unoccupied.

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West Bengal OBC case: Reservation can't be on basis of religion, says SC
2 weeks, 1 day ago

West Bengal OBC case: Reservation can't be on basis of religion, says SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Reservation cannot be on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court observed on Monday while hearing a batch of pleas challenging the Calcutta High Court verdict that struck down the OBC status of several castes in West Bengal granted since 2010. The pleas, including the one filed by the West Bengal government, challenging the high court's May 22 …

OPINION| Quota Within Quota: The Secret Weapon!
1 month, 1 week 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 mulls 4% Muslim quota in government tenders, BJP slams move: Report
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1 month, 1 week ago

Karnataka government mulls 4% Muslim quota in government tenders, BJP slams move: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, is considering a proposal to introduce 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in government contracts for civil works valued up to ₹1 crore, Deccan Herald reported. According to the report, Karnataka currently provides a reservation of 43 per cent in government contracts: 24 per cent for SC/ST contractors, 4 per cent for …

OBCs vs Marathas: The Battle for Reservation and Inclusion
1 month, 4 weeks ago

OBCs vs Marathas: The Battle for Reservation and Inclusion

India Today  

The Maharashtra assembly election has turned into a battle between the OBCs and the dominant Marathas. Prakash Ambedkar, president of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), says the OBC quotas will go after the assembly election, followed by the SC and ST reservations once the report on sub-categorisation is submitted. The OBCs oppose the demand of the Marathas and feel they …

Haryana's SC Sub-Quota: A Polarizing Divide Within the Dalit Community
2 months ago

Haryana's SC Sub-Quota: A Polarizing Divide Within the Dalit Community

Hindustan Times  

Haryana's decision to implement Scheduled Caste (SC) sub-quotas marks an important turn for Indian politics. The sub-quotas will address inequalities within the broader SC group, with each segment getting half of the 20% quota. This is significant as it is the first state to implement sub-quotas within the SC umbrella since the Supreme Court allowed it. The decision is also …

What Backward classes panel chief said on OBC quota demand for Marathas
4 months, 1 week ago

What Backward classes panel chief said on OBC quota demand for Marathas

India Today  

Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission Chairperson Sunil Shukre on Monday said that those seeking reservation for the Maratha community in the Other Backwards Classes should "study the Constitution". Speaking at Baithak, a conclave organised by India Today's sister channel Mumbai Tak, he said, "Quota or reservation is a policy matter. Shukre's remarks came amid protests by Maratha quota activist Manoj …

Haryana announces quota for BC(B) in PRIs, municipal bodies
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana announces quota for BC(B) in PRIs, municipal bodies

Hindustan Times  

After granting reservation to people belonging to backward classes in panchayati raj institutions and municipal bodies in 2022, the Haryana government on Monday decided to give reservations to backward classes in PRIs and municipal bodies. The reservation already recommended in favour of backward classes of citizens Block-A shall remain intact, an official spokesperson said. An official spokesperson said the Haryana …

Haryana Cabinet okays policy to provide job, entrepreneurship opportunities to ex-Agniveers
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana Cabinet okays policy to provide job, entrepreneurship opportunities to ex-Agniveers

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh, The Haryana Cabinet on Monday approved a policy aimed at providing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities to Agniveers after completion of their service in the armed forces. Haryana Cabinet okays policy to provide job, entrepreneurship opportunities to ex-Agniveers The Haryana Agniveer Policy, 2024, offers benefits in government recruitment, including a 10 per cent horizontal reservation for Agniveers in direct recruitment …

Supreme Court gives West Bengal ‘opportunity’ to explain inclusion of 77 castes in its OBC List
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court gives West Bengal ‘opportunity’ to explain inclusion of 77 castes in its OBC List

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on August 5 gave the West Bengal government an “opportunity” to justify the reason for including 77 castes, largely Muslim communities, in the State’s Other Backward Classes List. The order follows an appeal by the State against a May 22 judgment of the Calcutta High Court striking down the inclusion of several of these castes in the …

Haryana hikes creamy layer ceiling, adds new OBC quota ahead of polls
5 months, 1 week ago

Haryana hikes creamy layer ceiling, adds new OBC quota ahead of polls

The Hindu  

Ahead of the Assembly poll slated for later this year, the Haryana Government on Tuesday hiked the creamy layer ceiling for Other Backward Classes from an annual income of ₹6 lakh to ₹8 lakh and introduced a 5% quota for the OBC-B category in Panchayati Raj Institutions and municipalities. Two of the three Haryana ministers in the present National Democratic …

Cong gave OBC quota to Muslims in K’taka, BJP won’t allow it in Haryana: Amit Shah
5 months, 1 week ago

Cong gave OBC quota to Muslims in K’taka, BJP won’t allow it in Haryana: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

The Congress has always been anti-backward classes and opposed to quota to BCs even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured 27% reservation to this community despite stiff opposition from the opposition, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday. Union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah addressing the Backward Class Samman Sammelan in Mahedragarh, Haryana, on Tuesday. Addressing the …

Annual income limit for identifying creamy layer in BCs increased to ₹8L: Saini
6 months ago

Annual income limit for identifying creamy layer in BCs increased to ₹8L: Saini

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini on Sunday announced that the annual income limit for identifying persons in the ‘creamy layer’ among the backward classes for the purpose of reservation in public employment and educational institutions has been increased from ₹6 lakh to ₹8 lakh by the state government. Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini on Sunday announced that the annual income …

38 Muslim sub-castes in Uttar Pradesh’s OBC quota, Yogi govt mulling a change
6 months, 3 weeks ago

38 Muslim sub-castes in Uttar Pradesh’s OBC quota, Yogi govt mulling a change

Hindustan Times  

The issue of extending Other Backward Classes reservation to Muslims is currently a hot topic, especially with the Bharatiya Janata Party strongly against it. In Uttar Pradesh, socially and educationally backward Muslim sub-castes started getting the OBC quota benefits when the OBC reservation came into being in the state in 1977. In Uttar Pradesh, a state ruled by the BJP, …

Rajasthan to review reservation granted to Muslims under OBC category
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rajasthan to review reservation granted to Muslims under OBC category

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan is set to review the reservation in jobs and education granted to Muslims under the Other Backward Class category. Rajasthan’s Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Avinash Gehlot said here on Saturday that the Congress had given reservation to 14 Muslim groups under the OBC category “as part of its appeasement politics” between 1997 …

BJP Leader Wants Caste Census Before Local Polls
6 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP Leader Wants Caste Census Before Local Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BJP leader Dr Boora Narsaiah Goud demanded that the Revanth Reddy government conduct the caste census and provide 42 per cent reservations to Backward Classes communities before conducting the local bodies’ polls, as was promised by the Congress before the Assembly elections. Dr Goud demanded that the government allocate 42 per cent of civil contract maintenance works in government …

NCBC recommends increase in reservation quota for OBCs in West Bengal, Punjab
7 months, 1 week ago

NCBC recommends increase in reservation quota for OBCs in West Bengal, Punjab

The Hindu  

The National Commission for Backward Classes has recommended an increase in the reservation quota for Other Backward Classes in public employment in Punjab and West Bengal. Reservation quota for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes is 22%, 6% and 17% respectively in respect of services and posts under the control of West Bengal in establishments run or aided …

Why and how Muslims were given quotas under OBC reservation in Karnataka
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why and how Muslims were given quotas under OBC reservation in Karnataka

The Hindu  

May 03, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 10:08 am IST - Bengaluru Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a poll rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency on April 23, accused the Congress of “snatching the reservation of SCs, STs and OBCs and providing it to Muslims through the backdoor”, tying it up with his charge that “Congress would redistribute …

We back reservations: RSS head Mohan Bhagwat amid quota row
7 months, 3 weeks ago

We back reservations: RSS head Mohan Bhagwat amid quota row

Op India  

Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha election, Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has made a significant announcement regarding reservations. The Sangh has been supporting all reservations as per the Constitution since the… https://t.co/lGju5pukHj pic.twitter.com/crS5FORdv1 — ANI April 28, 2024 Notably, last year Mohan Bhagwat remarked in Nagpur that reservations should be granted as long as there is …

Panel slams Karnataka OBC quota for Muslims: 'Against social justice principle'
8 months ago

Panel slams Karnataka OBC quota for Muslims: 'Against social justice principle'

India Today  

The National Commission for Backward Classes has criticised the decision of the Congress-led government in Karnataka to categorise the Muslim community as a backward caste for reservation purposes, saying it undermined the "principle of social justice". The commission said socially and educationally backward castes or communities cannot be treated at par with an entire religion. In Karnataka, all castes and …

Manoj Jarange-Patil asks Centre to step in, increase quota limit from 50%
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Manoj Jarange-Patil asks Centre to step in, increase quota limit from 50%

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Thursday asked the central government to intervene in the reservation issue and increase the 50% limit of overall reservation and add 10% more for the community in the OBC tranche, taking it from 19% to 29%. Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange Patil “Maratha MLAs and ministers should convince deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis …

Maharashtra assembly passes bill for 10% reservation to Marathas
10 months 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 …

Prakash Ambedkar lays out agenda for MVA, demands OBC quota in Parl, state assembly
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Prakash Ambedkar lays out agenda for MVA, demands OBC quota in Parl, state assembly

Hindustan Times  

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar has laid out a 39-point agenda for a Common Minimum Programme of the Maha Vikas Aghadi combine. The VBA leader has covered issues like social justice, agriculture and land reforms in the document. Besides demanding a caste census, Ambedkar has sought reserved seats for Other Backward Class in the Lok Sabha and state assembly. …

Bihar assembly unanimously passes bill for 65% caste reservation
1 year, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

Bihar releases fresh caste survey data, says 33% OBCs, 42% SCs are poor
1 year, 1 month ago

Bihar releases fresh caste survey data, says 33% OBCs, 42% SCs are poor

Hindustan Times  

PATNA: Nearly 33% of people from the backward classes and the extremely backward classes in Bihar are poor, according to the socio-economic data of the caste survey tabled by the Bihar government in the state assembly on Tuesday. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar with deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav According to the data, the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes were …

29 of 85 Chhattisgarh BJP candidates are OBCs, more likely to be added
1 year, 2 months ago

29 of 85 Chhattisgarh BJP candidates are OBCs, more likely to be added

Hindustan Times  

In an attempt to woo Other Backward Class voters in upcoming elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded 29 candidates from other backward classes out of the 85 it is named so far. In the 2018 election, the BJP fielded 28 OBC candidates and the Congress, 26. The Congress has promised a caste enumeration exercise akin to Bihar’s if it …

Just counting castes not enough, reveal findings of socio-economic survey as well: RLJD leader Upendra Kushwaha
1 year, 2 months ago

Just counting castes not enough, reveal findings of socio-economic survey as well: RLJD leader Upendra Kushwaha

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal leader Upendra Kushwaha, an ally of the ruling National Democratic Alliance, has demanded the release of the findings of the Bihar socio-economic survey — which was conducted alongside the caste survey whose results have caused a furore since it was made public — arguing that this would provide a “full picture” to policy framers to address …

Bihar Govt Announces 10% Reservation For EWS In Judicial Services And State-Run Law Colleges
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar Govt Announces 10% Reservation For EWS In Judicial Services And State-Run Law Colleges

Live Law  

In a significant decision, the Bihar government has announced a 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections in the state's judicial services, as well as in government-run law colleges and universities. "The cabinet approved amendments in the guidelines of the State Judicial Services, 1951, allowing 10 per cent reservation for EWS category in judicial services and also in state-run …

Uttar Pradesh’s OBC population estimated at over 50%
1 year, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh’s OBC population estimated at over 50%

Hindustan Times  

Amid the caste census demand, other backward classes in Uttar Pradesh are estimated to be over 50% of the state’s total population, according to estimates drawn from the data relied on by the Hukum Singh committee that was set up by the state government in 2001. Though no authentic data of a caste wise break of the OBC population was …

Bihar caste survey: Opposition sees scope for new narrative, poll dividends
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey: Opposition sees scope for new narrative, poll dividends

Hindustan Times  

When Bihar’s Nitish Kumar demanded a caste survey as early as 2021 -- a few months after the Bharatiya Janata Party, then an ally, outperformed his party in the state elections -- other parties in the state supported him, but it was yet to become the national imperative opposition parties would now like to see it as. “The Indian National …

Bihar caste-based census report released: OBCs 63%, general category 15.52%, Yadavs 14.27%
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste-based census report released: OBCs 63%, general category 15.52%, Yadavs 14.27%

Firstpost  

Of the OBC, Yadavs constitutes 14.27 per cent of the surveyed population. Kushwaha forms 4.27 per cent, while and Kurmi 2.87 per cent of the covered population Bihar has 36.01 per cent of population under extremely backward caste and 27.13 per cent of OBC, stated the caste-based survey report released by the state government on Monday. The report of the …

Bihar caste survey says 63% people from backward, extremely backward classes
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey says 63% people from backward, extremely backward classes

Hindustan Times  

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released a caste-based survey report on Monday, ahead of the Lok Sabha election in 2024. According to the survey, the extremely backward classes comprise 36.01% of the population, the backward classes 27.12% and the general category 15.52% of the covered population. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav Of the OBC, …

Venugopal demands caste census, separate quota for OBC women within 33% reservation
1 year, 3 months ago

Venugopal demands caste census, separate quota for OBC women within 33% reservation

The Hindu  

Senior MP and Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal set the tone for the debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday by demanding a caste census and separate reservation for Other Backward Classes women within the 33% quota. Mr. Venugopal said the BJP government had a poor record of ensuring safety and security for women, citing …

Women’s Reservation Bill: Rahul Gandhi says I was shocked and shattered...
1 year, 3 months ago

Women’s Reservation Bill: Rahul Gandhi says I was shocked and shattered...

Live Mint  

Amid the ongoing debate over the Women's reservation bill in the Special session of the parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on 20 September said that he supports the bill, but lamented that the measure was 'incomplete' as it lacks quota for other backward classes. Participating in the debate on the Bill in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said that it …

Gujarat Assembly passes bill to raise OBC quota by 27% in local governing bodies
1 year, 3 months ago

Gujarat Assembly passes bill to raise OBC quota by 27% in local governing bodies

India TV News  

The Gujarat Assembly passed a bill to raise reservation for Other Backward Class communities in local self-government bodies like panchayats, municipalities and civic corporations to 27 per cent from the current 10 per cent. The BJP government on Friday passed the Gujarat Local Authorities Law Bill, 2023, in the Assembly through a majority voice vote after all the 17 Congress …

Existing OBCs strongly oppose OBC status to Marathas
1 year, 3 months ago

Existing OBCs strongly oppose OBC status to Marathas

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Faced with the fresh, aggressive agitation by Marathas across the state, the Maharashtra government finds itself between a rock and a hard place. “The district machinery will verify the claims of the castes by checking family trees and records in educational institutions.” Virendra Pawar, coordinator of the Maratha Kranti Morcha, the umbrella organisation of Maratha outfits, said that the …

Owaisi bats for increase in OBC quota
1 year, 3 months ago

Owaisi bats for increase in OBC quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi referring to the possibility of the Rohini Commission recommending key changes to the OBC quota policy batted for an increase in the reservation for the community. The Narendra Modi government must breach the 50 percent ceiling limit and expand reservations for those groups that could never benefit from reservations. Referring to the need for sub …

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel writes to PM Modi, seeks new OBC column in census
1 year, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel writes to PM Modi, seeks new OBC column in census

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand that the Centre conduct the decadal census and that this should have a separate column to collect data about people from the Other Backward Classes. Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel recalled that he had sought 27% reservation for OBCs in April this year Baghel …

Opposition-ruled States discriminating against OBCs: Bhupendra Yadav
1 year, 6 months ago

Opposition-ruled States discriminating against OBCs: Bhupendra Yadav

The Hindu  

Union Minister for environment and labour Bhupender Yadav on Monday stepped up the BJP’s attack on the Opposition by citing a recent report of the National Commission for Backward Classes to accuse the Rajasthan, West Bengal, Punjab and Bihar governments of discriminating against the Other Backward Classes. The BJP’s attack is significant as many of these parties, the Trinamool Congress, …

After Bihar, Odisha govt. begins Backward Class survey
1 year, 7 months ago

After Bihar, Odisha govt. begins Backward Class survey

The Hindu  

The Odisha government on May 1 began the survey of people from the Other Backward Classes belonging to 210 castes in the State to determine their social and educational status, said an official. The Odisha State Commission For Backward Classes is conducting the survey across 314 blocks and 114 urban local bodies. State SC, ST and Backward Class Minister Jagannath …

Tamil Nadu panel has sought six months to submit report on Vanniyar quota: CM Stalin
1 year, 8 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 …

Biju Janata Dal regime in Odisha has an anti-OBC mindset, says Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
1 year, 8 months ago

Biju Janata Dal regime in Odisha has an anti-OBC mindset, says Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

The Hindu  

The Biju Janata Dal government in Odisha led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is all set to conduct a comprehensive survey of the social and educational conditions of the Other Backward Classes, which constitute close to 54% of the State’s population. Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has been a strong critic of the State government’s …

Karnataka notifies 10% EWS quota on the eve of election
1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka notifies 10% EWS quota on the eve of election

The Hindu  

March 30, 2023 09:53 pm | Updated April 03, 2023 11:57 am IST - Bengaluru Days after scrapping the 2B Category for Muslims under the OBC quota and on the eve of the announcement of the Assembly elections, the Karnataka government notified the Economically Weaker Section category to provide 10% reservation in education and employment. The order issued on March …

Explained | Why and how was the 4% reservation for Muslims under the OBC category scrapped in Karnataka?
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained | Why and how was the 4% reservation for Muslims under the OBC category scrapped in Karnataka?

The Hindu  

The story so far: At the Cabinet meeting in Karnataka on Friday, the BJP government did away with the nearly three-decade-old 4% reservation for Muslims in the Other Backward Classes category and distributed it equally among the Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas, two dominant land-owning communities in the State, at 2% each. The Cabinet decided to exclude Muslims from the OBC category …

Karnataka govt. scraps Muslim quota of 4%, increases quota of Lingayats and Vokkaligas by 2% each
1 year, 8 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 …

203 castes in Bihar to choose from as 2nd leg of survey begins April 15
1 year, 9 months ago

203 castes in Bihar to choose from as 2nd leg of survey begins April 15

Hindustan Times  

Bihar’s caste-based survey, the second leg of which kicks off on April 15, will provide an insight into the socio-economic condition and literacy level of its nearly 13 crore population, residing in 3 crore households, and also a peek into the state’s backwardness, said officials familiar with the survey. Over 3.04 lakh enumerators will now ask respondents 17 questions, including …

BJP leans on OBC vote bank in Rajasthan
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP leans on OBC vote bank in Rajasthan

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: As the Congress Party struggles to get its house in order in Rajasthan, the BJP is zeroing in on the state’s influential OBC votebank in the Assembly polls due to be held at the end of the year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his recent visits to the state last month, focused on the OBCs and spoke of …

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