Rohini Commission was set up in 2017 to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs and ensure equitable distribution of quota benefits. It submitted its report to President Murmu last July.
If even Pasmanda men struggle to reach legislative positions, ensuring the representation of Pasmanda women in Parliament will pose an even bigger challenge.
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.
Until the government machinery gets ready to conduct a full-blown caste-census, it could at least enumerate OBCs by including a caste column in Census 2021.
A ‘review’ of India’s reservation system can be undertaken. But the solution involves looking into the theories propounded by John Rawls, Ambedkar, and Gandhi.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
COMMENTS