UN report notes that India is among 126 countries that are in intermediate stage of transition, when fertility levels have started to decline but remain above replacement level.
Addition of more urban areas after 2011 Census can be reason for fall in ratio, says expert, adding 'increasing urban class size corresponds to higher preference for sons'.
Centre's response came in an affidavit filed in Supreme Court in response to petition filed by Maharashtra seeking declaration of SECC-2011 raw caste data of OBCs.
Indian urban localities are as segregated as our villages. Caste is still an important factor in deciding the organisation of spatial environment in cities.
The last time comprehensive data on caste was collected was in the 1931 Census, and there is now a growing clamour to include caste as a category in the 2021 Census.
Enumerators can download the app on their Android devices and feed in the data directly. Govt says efforts have been made to ensure security of information.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
CASTE WAS CONSTITUTINALLY PROHIBITED AS A MARKER BY ART 15, 1M6 AND 29. BUT CASTEWS USED AS A MARKER RIGHT FROM 1955 BEGINNING WIYTH BALAJI’S CASE, THE SUPREME COURTBVAA;IDATING ITS USE WITH OTHERVALID MARKERS. THE REASONIN WAS SPECIOUS BECAUSE IT IS SETTLED IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW THAT WHEN DISCRETION IS EXERCISED USING A COMBINATION OF PERMITTED AND IRRELEVANT FACTORS QUALIFIES AS AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION.
Very well written. Always maintained this government is nothing more then an extension of UPA. Ideally it should be called UPA3. Every scheme implemented by this government is a UPA scheme . The same old tired socialism, stifling bureaucracy, obscene tax rates, the eagerness to control the economy, protection of oligarchs nothing really different.
What if you include this decision with the note by SC judges in Aug 2024, on creamy layer identification and quota subcategorization? One of the judges of that decision – BR Gavai, is being appointed as CJI in this May 2025.
Ah. Some insight!!
There seem to be a few cells that are still firing.
Can you keep it UP, Mr. Shekhar Gupta?
Next comes 200% reservation.
CASTE WAS CONSTITUTINALLY PROHIBITED AS A MARKER BY ART 15, 1M6 AND 29. BUT CASTEWS USED AS A MARKER RIGHT FROM 1955 BEGINNING WIYTH BALAJI’S CASE, THE SUPREME COURTBVAA;IDATING ITS USE WITH OTHERVALID MARKERS. THE REASONIN WAS SPECIOUS BECAUSE IT IS SETTLED IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW THAT WHEN DISCRETION IS EXERCISED USING A COMBINATION OF PERMITTED AND IRRELEVANT FACTORS QUALIFIES AS AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION.
Very well written. Always maintained this government is nothing more then an extension of UPA. Ideally it should be called UPA3. Every scheme implemented by this government is a UPA scheme . The same old tired socialism, stifling bureaucracy, obscene tax rates, the eagerness to control the economy, protection of oligarchs nothing really different.
What if you include this decision with the note by SC judges in Aug 2024, on creamy layer identification and quota subcategorization? One of the judges of that decision – BR Gavai, is being appointed as CJI in this May 2025.