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Supreme Court rules conversions for reservations are constitutional fraud
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court rules conversions for reservations are constitutional fraud

Op India  

On 26th November, the Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment ruling that converting to a religion solely to claim reservation benefits without genuine belief in the adopted faith constitutes “fraud on the Constitution.” The apex court dismissed an appeal filed by C Selvarani, who was denied a Scheduled Caste certificate after she claimed to have reverted to Hinduism …

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Bhujbal demands country wide caste census
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Bhujbal demands country wide caste census

Deccan Chronicle  

Senior Maharashtra OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday demanded caste based census. Mr. Bhujbal said he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard as the caste based census will reveal the exact percentage of OBC, SCs and STs. The senior NCP leader said that since Narendra Modi has again become the Prime Minister, he is going to demand …

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Rahul: Will remove 50% cap on quota, carry out caste census, if INDIA wins
11 months, 1 week ago

Rahul: Will remove 50% cap on quota, carry out caste census, if INDIA wins

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: Eyeing the tribal population and people belonging to backward castes in Jharkhand, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Ranchi on Monday, promised Sarna Religion Code for tribals and caste census, if his party if comes to power at the center after 2024 polls. “We will ensure that the tribals here will get the Sarna …

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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 …

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Bihar caste survey: CM Nitish Kumar says will raise reservation for OBCs from 50% to 65%
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey: CM Nitish Kumar says will raise reservation for OBCs from 50% to 65%

Live Mint  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar proposes to increase reservation in the state from 50% to 65% following a detailed report of the caste survey. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday proposed to increase the quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBCs in the state. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Caste survey report released today The caste survey report, which was released …

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INDIA bloc demands immediate implementation of Women’s Reservation Bill, along with caste census, OBC quotas
1 year, 3 months ago

INDIA bloc demands immediate implementation of Women’s Reservation Bill, along with caste census, OBC quotas

The Hindu  

The Congress on September 20 fielded a high powered line-up — including Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi and former party president Rahul Gandhi — to express the party’s support for the proposed constitutional amendment on reservation for women in legislatures, while also making a strong case for a caste census to be done, followed by reservations for Other Backward …

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Maratha Quota Can Be Headache for Shinde-Fadnavis-Pawar Govt Ahead of 2024 - News18
1 year, 4 months ago

Maratha Quota Can Be Headache for Shinde-Fadnavis-Pawar Govt Ahead of 2024 - News18

News 18  

The issue of Maratha reservation has stirred up once again in Maharashtra after four years, with the police lathi-charge incident during the protest in Jalna gaining spotlight. The state government had decided to give the OBC certificates to the Marathas of Marathwada, but has now formed a committee, which will issue the Kunbi caste certificates from the region to those …

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Karnataka HC stays 2 new quota categories for Vokkaligas and Lingayats
2 years ago

Karnataka HC stays 2 new quota categories for Vokkaligas and Lingayats

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka high court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the state government’s decision to create a separate OBC category for Vokkaligas and Lingayats and provide reservations in education and government jobs. A division bench headed by chief justice PB Varale stayed the new categories and asked the government to maintain the status quo in the matter of OBC …

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'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 …

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India@75 survey: Indians favour policy push for rural development, govt jobs
2 years, 5 months ago

India@75 survey: Indians favour policy push for rural development, govt jobs

Live Mint  

How should India be governed? Around 53% of urban Indians would prefer a tax cut over cash transfers for the poor; 58% would like the government to be the job-giver compared to 42% wanting it to be an enabler of private sector jobs. View Full Image India's idea of welfare The survey covered 10,271 respondents across 204 cities and towns. …

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State Backward Class Commission aims to complete survey in April
3 years ago

State Backward Class Commission aims to complete survey in April

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: In a move to restore political reservation for Other Backward Class candidates in local body elections, the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission has launched the process to collect empirical data to map caste and socio-economic status of all residents of Maharashtra. In March 2021, the Supreme Court struck down the 27% political reservation available to OBC candidates in local …

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Panchamsali and Kuruba caste groups demand increase in percentage of quota in Karnataka
3 years, 10 months ago

Panchamsali and Kuruba caste groups demand increase in percentage of quota in Karnataka

The Hindu  

THE past few months have witnessed a heightened demand by some caste and sub-caste groups in Karnataka for a share in the reservation pie. Religious leaders of two caste groups, Panchamsalis and Kurubas, have been spearheading movements to demand an increase in the percentage of reservation for the respective communities in the total reservation for Other Backward Classes. Panchamsali is …

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Why 'Dalit Christians' shouldn't receive benefits meant for SC communities
4 years, 1 month ago

Why 'Dalit Christians' shouldn't receive benefits meant for SC communities

Op India  

Over the last few years, there have been several calls for the inclusion of ‘Dalit Christians’ in the reservation system under the categories of ‘SC/ST’ and ‘OBC’. Though these demands for reservations aren’t endorsed by most churches due to their claims of Christian society not having a caste system, several activists from the Christian community have raised demands for the …

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General consensus on upper caste reservation turns it down as political stunt of BJP
6 years ago

General consensus on upper caste reservation turns it down as political stunt of BJP

India Today  

With the Modi cabinet passing the proposal on giving 10 per cent additional reservation to upper caste poor over the existing reservation quotas, speculations are rife on whether PM Modi will talk about this reservation on January 9 during his Agra rally. While a large part of the local population has welcomed the Modi government's decision to give reservation to …

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Govt approves 10% quota for upper castes: Forget the politics of it, income-based reservation is the way ahead
6 years ago

Govt approves 10% quota for upper castes: Forget the politics of it, income-based reservation is the way ahead

Firstpost  

Every policy announcement by the government just months ahead of a major election will be seen through the prism of politics. Hence, the easy explanation to Narendra Modi government’s decision to offer reservation in jobs and education to economically weaker upper castes is that it is a smart political tactic by BJP to allay the concerns of upper castes and …

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