Income ceiling is the threshold over which OBC candidates would be barred from caste-based reservation in government jobs and admission to government- funded educational institutions. read more

Nitish virtually took digs at the BJP, which has ruled the state for maximum period, and said the state carved out of undivided Bihar has not progressed the way it was expected to. He taunted the BJP government saying people from Bihar, where prohibition... read more

It will provide information about their numbers, economic status, and could be the basis for a 3rd OBC commission read more

Teachers’ Day Special: Savitribai Phule is regarded as the first female teacher of India. She was a feminist, a social reformer who worked for the abolishment of the caste system, a philanthropist, an anti-infanticide activist and a poet too. read more

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that earlier, the scheme was only for the scheduled caste category students under which financial assistance of up to Rs 40,000 would be provided. read more

The mergers are a continuance of the government’s attempt to consolidate the public sector banks. One of the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday was the merger of Indian Bank with Allahabad Bank. read more

To resolve the existing issue, Mayawati urged the Centre and the state governments to provide employment to these sections by filling the vacant quota seats allocated in government-run institutions. read more

While the DU press release doesn’t mention anything about this, letters sent by the admission office to college principals mention that “applicants in unreserved category who are already admitted in any college\/department as on July 29 shall not be allowed... read more

Post-2008 cadre allocation policies systematically assign lower quality civil servants to disadvantaged states read more

Except for the BJP, Congress, Vijaykanth’s DMDK and the minor Dalit party, Puthiya Thamizhagam, all other Tamil Nadu parties are opposed to the EWS quota. read more

The assembly passed the MP Public Service (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Amendment Bill 2019 that will now go to the governor and president of India for their assent. read more

Madhya Pradesh, till today, had quota in government jobs capped at 50% -- 14% for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 16% for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 20% for Scheduled Tribes (STs)—in line with Supreme Court’s 1992 guidelines. read more

Hindutva liberates the subaltern from their narrow caste identities, and promises mobility and political power. read more

While introducing the EWS quota in January, the Centre had said it would be applied over and above the existing quotas for scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST), other backward castes (OBC) and general category. read more

The meetings have been planned so BJP MPs from both the houses get an opportunity to directly interact with the prime minister, who can guide them and discuss various issues, especially related to Parliament, a BJP leader said. read more