TopicOBC Reservation

Topic: OBC Reservation

Heat on Shivraj govt after SC orders local polls without OBC quota, BJP in damage control mode

Shanker Arnimesh - 12 May, 2022

BJP leaders admit ‘mistakes’ led to SC ruling Tuesday that MP local body polls be notified within two weeks. With assembly polls due in late 2023, verdict has given Congress ammo.

IIT-Madras clarifies Power Grid Corp’s EWS scholarship is for OBC & general category students

Sowmiya Ashok - 9 May, 2022

Govt-owned Power Grid Corporation of India was criticised on social media for sponsoring a scholarship for EWS students, but not for 'SC/ST/OBCs'.

No more Hindu-Muslim anomaly, Rohini panel seeks parity for all religions’ OBCs in central list

Moushumi Das Gupta - 7 April, 2022

Justice Rohini Commission said to have found around 200 religiously restricted entries where Hindus from occupational communities were not given OBC status like their Muslim counterparts.

‘Where is the logic?’ SC rejects Maharashtra recommendation for OBC quota in local body polls

Bhadra Sinha - 3 March, 2022

SC cites lack of empirical data, directs state election body not to act on state backward class commission’s report. Seats reserved for OBCs to be treated as 'general'.

Indian drawing room talk on ‘merit’ stands demolished by Supreme Court NEET ruling

Anurag Bhaskar - 22 January, 2022

Supreme Court's explanation on the constitutional validity of OBC quota in NEET rejects commonly held views of dominant castes who are blind to India's social realities.

Reservation is not at odds with merit — full text of SC order on OBC quota in NEET

ThePrint Team - 21 January, 2022

The two-judge bench said that competitive examinations do not reflect social, economic & cultural advantages that accrue to certain classes & merit should be socially contextualized.

Why Haryana changed creamy layer rules for OBCs, and why Rs 6 lakh income cap is controversial

Chitleen K Sethi - 27 November, 2021

Haryana has said children of those earning over Rs 6 lakh annually will be part of the creamy layer, adding that it will be the sum of all sources of income.

‘Scooter’ on vaccine certificates, and ‘all eyes’ on Supreme Court

Soham Sen - 31 July, 2021

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New backward class lists to be drawn, 50% ceiling stays — what SC Maratha quota verdict means

Apoorva Mandhani - 6 May, 2021

Ruling that state govts don't have power to identify socially and educationally backward classes, SC laid the groundwork for new SEBC lists to be drawn for all states & UTs by the President.

Over 42,000 posts reserved for SC, ST & OBC vacant in union ministries, govt tells Lok Sabha

Sravasti Dasgupta - 24 March, 2021

Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh says there were 78,923 vacant posts under reserved categories on 1 January 2020, and 42,066 of them remain unfilled.

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