Reservation

The top court also said that an individual does not have a fundamental right to claim reservation, and it is for the government to decide whether reservations are required in appointments and promotions. read more

Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts had also sounded optimistic and even spoke about how Ganguly has looked to be innovative with his planning. read more

Under the existing laws, the reservation policy will not be applicable to those PSEs that are sold to a private entity through strategic disinvestment, the officials said. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) would fall in this category, they add... read more

OBC students till now were deprived of a reservation of 27 percent in Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas. Now they will be benefitted from the academic session 2020-21. read more

Dalits and tribals must continue to get representation. But the system is broken read more

The industries were requested to enrol at least 25 per cent of apprentices from SC\/ST communities, the minister said. read more

Chhattisgarh government had earlier this year increased the reservation for the Scheduled Castes by one per cent to 13 per cent and by 13 per cent for the OBCs to 27 per cent, along with introducing 10 per cent quota for the EWS. read more

Rajasthan government has recently decided to abolish the conditions for EWS reservation in state services and educational institutes. read more

The economically weaker sections from the open community must have access to government schemes just like the reserved category. read more

Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad claims that 54 per cent of the people belonging to Scheduled Castes do not own any land in the country, while a particular caste dominates and enjoys all privileges. read more

A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna said that reservation of any class comes into play only during admissions. read more

The issue dates back to 2002, when the Karnataka government had enacted a similar law, which was challenged for its validity under the Constitution. read more

Rutvik Patel was only 14 years old in 2015 when his community’s agitations for government quotas in higher education and jobs blazed through Gujarat. Hundreds of thousands of young Patidars poured into the streets from Surat to Ahmedabad. They burnt... read more

The Union Cabinet on Thursday rolled back a controversial faculty hiring system for universities and colleges that had angered SC, ST and OBC communities — the second time in seven months the Centre has reversed a court order following protests. read more

The Narendra Modi government will bring an ordinance within a day or two to reintroduce the 200 point roaster in appointment of faculty members that was invalidated by the Supreme Court in its January 22 order, union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said at... read more