KCR Announces 10% EWS Reservation in Jobs, Education After Ultimatum by Upper Castes
3 years, 11 months ago

KCR Announces 10% EWS Reservation in Jobs, Education After Ultimatum by Upper Castes

News 18  

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has announced that the state government has decided to implement 10 per cent reservation to the Economically Weaker Sections in the state. “There is a need to implement 10 percent reservation in jobs and education to those economically weaker classes. The news come hours after BJP national executive member N Indrasena Reddy had said that KCR has “election fever” and that he was deliberately deferring the implementation of such a reservartion. Earlier this week, upper caste communities in Telangana had given an ultimatum to the state government demanding reservations and claiming lakhs of students were being deprived of jobs.

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Telangana BC Commission begins public hearings, leaders seek scrapping of EWS quota
1 month, 3 weeks ago

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

New Indian Express  

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

Plea Against Silence on EWS Quota in Medical Seats
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Plea Against Silence on EWS Quota in Medical Seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Kamareddy BJP MLA Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy filed a petition before the Telangana High Court seeking directions to the Union and state governments to issue guidelines or amendments to GOs of rules for admissions into MBBS, BDS and PG Medical courses for the academic year 2024-25 by implementing EWS reservations. He complained that despite the communication addressed by the …

CPI urges Puducherry government to abolish 10 per cent EWS reservation
5 months, 3 weeks ago

CPI urges Puducherry government to abolish 10 per cent EWS reservation

New Indian Express  

PUDUCHERRY: The state unit of CPI has urged the AINRC-BJP government in Puducherry to abolish the 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in higher education admissions, through Centralised Admission Committee, drawing parallels with the policy stance of Tamil Nadu government. In a recent statement, CPI State Secretary A M Saleem criticized the central government's legislation enabling a 10% reservation for …

Playing to the gallery in Telangana
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Playing to the gallery in Telangana

The Hindu  

The question of reservation for Muslims has once again become a polarising issue in the country, especially in Telangana. Days after he referred to Muslims as “ghuspeti ” and “those who produce many children,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared at a public meeting in Zaheerabad that reservation for Muslims, at the expense of reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and …

Religion-based Reservations Will Be Abolished: Amit Shah
1 year, 1 month ago

Religion-based Reservations Will Be Abolished: Amit Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that religious reservations will be abolished and they will, instead, be provided to members of the SC, ST and OBC communities in Telangana state. The BRS government provided four per cent reservations for minorities, which it assured to enhance to 12 per cent, but BJP is against reservations on a religious basis, he …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Karnataka says 4% quota for Muslims was shifted'
1 year, 8 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 …

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 …

Assam government flayed for pause in EWS quota
2 years ago

Assam government flayed for pause in EWS quota

The Hindu  

The Assam government has decided to “keep in abeyance” the 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections in State government jobs, drawing flak from the Opposition parties on December 23. In a notification on December 21, the State’s Personnel Department said the EWS quota in direct recruitment in the posts and services of the Assam government has been put on …

'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 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 …

Chhattisgarh cabinet approves bills for reservation in different categories
2 years, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh cabinet approves bills for reservation in different categories

Hindustan Times  

The Chhattisgarh cabinet headed by chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday approved two amendment bills paving the way for reservation in admissions and employment in proportion to population of various sections of the society in the state. Chhattisgarh government spokesperson and parliamentary affairs minister Ravindra Choubey said the cabinet approved the drafts of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Amendment Act and …

EWS quota | TN all-party meet decides to file review petition against verdict
2 years, 1 month ago

EWS quota | TN all-party meet decides to file review petition against verdict

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. The EWS reservation is contrary to the social justice principle prescribed in the Constitution and also against the various judgements of the Supreme Court and is also discriminatory against the poor, the resolution stated. ‘Amendment will destroy principle of social justice’ Earlier, addressing the all-party meeting, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin said if …

Tamil Nadu not to implement EWS quota, to challenge Supreme Court verdict
2 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu not to implement EWS quota, to challenge Supreme Court verdict

India Today  

In an all-party meeting called by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, a resolution was passed to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the 10 per cent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in government jobs with a 3:2 majority. The all-party meeting adopted a resolution on Saturday to reject the 103rd Constitutional amendment providing 10 …

Revanth Reddy demands EWS quota in ongoing police recruitment
2 years, 1 month ago

Revanth Reddy demands EWS quota in ongoing police recruitment

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy demanded that the state government consider implementing the EWS quota in police recruitment, after the Supreme Court recently paved the way for states to implement the 10% quota. In a letter to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, Revanth said that as many as 15,000 aspirants lost opportunities in the absence of an EWS reservation. …

EWS ruling will shape quota law
2 years, 1 month ago

EWS ruling will shape quota law

Hindustan Times  

India’s affirmative action programme is shaped by two landmark events. Created in January 2019, months before general elections, the EWS quota was politically difficult to oppose, given it was packaged as a pro-poor move, though by excluding groups already under the reservation umbrella, it was effectively a pitch to upper castes and dominant communities. Three judges of the court backed …

10% reservation for poorer sections in admissions, jobs to continue, says SC in key judgment | 10 points
2 years, 1 month ago

10% reservation for poorer sections in admissions, jobs to continue, says SC in key judgment | 10 points

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment, providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections in the general category in admissions and government jobs. The Supreme Court, by a majority view of 3:2, on Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to people belonging to economically …

EWS Quota Case : Is Reservation For Representation Or Financial Improvement? Highlights From Supreme Court Hearing [Summary Of Arguments, Court Queries]
2 years, 1 month ago

EWS Quota Case : Is Reservation For Representation Or Financial Improvement? Highlights From Supreme Court Hearing [Summary Of Arguments, Court Queries]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court verdict determining the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in education and public employment is to come out on November 7, 2022. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora echoed a similar sentiment and submitted that reservations under Article 15 and 16 of the Constitution were not aimed at providing economic aid …

Telangana CM Chandrashekar Rao announces increase in ST reservations from 6 to 10%
2 years, 3 months ago

Telangana CM Chandrashekar Rao announces increase in ST reservations from 6 to 10%

India Today  

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao announced that the reservations for Scheduled Tribes have been increased from four per cent to ten per cent. The leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi made the announcement during a speech at the ‘tribal athmiya Sammelanam’ at the NTR Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday. ‘SEND TRIBAL BILL TO PREZ’ “To increase reservations for STs …

KCR announces 10 per cent quota for STs from next week
2 years, 3 months ago

KCR announces 10 per cent quota for STs from next week

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday announced that the government would enhance reservations to 10 per cent for Scheduled Tribes in education and employment from next week, from six per cent at present. For this reason, I have decided to issue a GO next week implementing the 10 per cent quota for STs, Rao said at a mammoth …

Arbitrary and exclusionary: The Hindu Editorial on EWS quota
2 years, 3 months ago

Arbitrary and exclusionary: The Hindu Editorial on EWS quota

The Hindu  

A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit is now examining the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, which provides for 10% reservation to the economically weaker sections, excluding Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who already have reservation in higher education institutions and government jobs. The Bench has finalised three issues for hearing — …

EWS quota: Reservations are not poverty alleviation program, argue petitioners in SC
2 years, 3 months ago

EWS quota: Reservations are not poverty alleviation program, argue petitioners in SC

India Today  

While challenging the 103rd amendment, which provides for the 10% quota for economically weaker sections, a petitioner argued before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the reservations under the impugned amendment discriminate against the backward classes. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing on behalf of the petitioners, argued before a five-judge constitution bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, UU …

Explained | Why is the Centre going to revise income eligibility limit for economically weaker sections?
3 years ago

Explained | Why is the Centre going to revise income eligibility limit for economically weaker sections?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union Government has decided to revisit the criteria set out for eligibility for its 10% reservation under the economically weaker sections category within a month. The decision came after the Supreme Court closely questioned it on how it arrived at the income figure, while considering a challenge to the implementation of 27% reservation for the …

EWS quota for general category won't undermine other reservations: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
3 years, 1 month ago

EWS quota for general category won't undermine other reservations: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

India Today  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said the 10 per cent reservations for economically weaker sections in the general category would not undermine other reservations in the state. Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday launched a state-level survey to recognise the economically weaker sections in the general category. In 2019, the central government had introduced 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker …

AP to Implement 10% EWS Quota in Employment, Education
3 years, 5 months ago

AP to Implement 10% EWS Quota in Employment, Education

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh government has issued fresh orders for the implementation of 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections in education and employment, in accordance with the Constitution 103 Amendment Act. Persons who are not covered under the existing scheme of reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and socially and educationally backward classes, with a gross family income below …

Marathas brought under 10% EWS quota in govt jobs, education in Maharashtra
3 years, 6 months ago

Marathas brought under 10% EWS quota in govt jobs, education in Maharashtra

India Today  

Weeks after the Supreme Court struck down the Maharashtra law granting quota to the Maratha community in admissions and government jobs, by terming it "unconstitutional", the state government brought the community under the economically weaker section quota. As per the government resolution, the Maratha community members can avail benefits under 10 per cent EWS reservation in government jobs and education. …

Existing reservation quota limit of the Indian states
3 years, 7 months ago

Existing reservation quota limit of the Indian states

India Today  

The Supreme Court on May 5 struck down the Maharashtra government's decision to exceed 50 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and jobs. The Madhya Pradesh government in 2019 raises the total quota in state government jobs to 73%, including the 10% reservation for the economically weaker section from the upper castes but the HC stayed this. …

‘Jharkhand would recommend SC to remove 50% cap on reservation’: CM
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Jharkhand would recommend SC to remove 50% cap on reservation’: CM

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand government would recommend the Supreme Court that the state is a votary to remove the 50 per cent cap on the reservation for the ST, SCs and OBCs in government jobs, chief minister Hemant Soren said on Friday. Jharkhand is the second state after Rajasthan which would ask the Supreme Court to remove the 50 per cent cap …

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