Topic: Reservation
How do you see the recent passage of Maratha Quota in Maharashtra by the Bombay High Court? Will this have a countrywide implication. Examine.
The decision of the Maharashtra Government to grant quota to Marathas in education and employment has been upheld by the Bombay High Court. It was convinced that Marathas...The policy must deal not only with caste-based discrimination but identity itself. Comment.
The main achievement of the 2019 election was that the common Indian rose above the caste-based politics to vote for the national interest. Caste system stands as the...
Telangana: Integrated Hospital Facility Management
On 13th March, the health department of the Telangana State government issued a government order (GO) approving the Integrated Hospital Facility Management Services (IHFMS). About IHFMS The main...
NEET Reservation: Supreme Court’s Detailed Order
On January 20, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that, Reservation should not be seen as being at odds with merit. Key Points Supreme Court ruled in favour of...SC on Post-based Reservation
The Supreme Court rejected pleas for exclusion of ‘creamy layer’ members of the SC and ST with respect to reservation in promotion. Karnataka Legislation The Supreme Court observed...
Cabinet approvals regarding Lok sabha seat reservations
The Union Cabinet approved the extension of the practice of seat reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribe. The reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha and the...
OBC Sub-Categorization Comission
The Union Government had, in October 2017, constituted a special Commission under article 340 which was to examine the issues of the sub-categorization of the Other Backward Classes...
Inclusion of New Castes in SC List
In a written reply given in Rajya Sabha, The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment has informed that government of UP had sent an earlier proposal...
Update : Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Bill
To enable the State to provide the fruits of reservation expeditiously to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) in the various government exams of the Government of India and...
Short Note : 13 point Rooster
The 13-point rooster is a method employed to provide reservations in teaching posts in a University by taking discipline/subject as the unit, instead of accounting for the entire...
Update- Caste Re-categorization in UP
Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot deemed the move of UP State Government to re-categorize 17 castes from Other Backward Castes (OBC) to Scheduled...