Reversing its position, BSP has decided to contest all 10 seats in upcoming assembly bypolls, and is inducting more OBC and Muslim faces. It has also reduced the membership fee.
The 2023 batch IAS officer had allegedly submitted an OBC non-creamy layer certificate. Centre has constituted a committee to inquire into the matter and verify her candidature claims.
The income criterion for the creamy layer is revised every three years to adjust inflation. OBC outfits have been lobbying to have the policy of creamy layer done away with.
Ruling party has learnt to counter conventional identity-based social justice politics as seen in its move to boost OBC representation & focus on delivering welfare schemes.
Report on sub-categorisation of OBCs submitted to President. Panel found that in some states, Muslims from certain occupational groups have OBC status while Hindus don't, it is learnt.
As long as there are foreign-educated, dominant-caste ministers who find a Cabinet position via Rajya Sabha, SCs, STs and OBCs will continue to lose out.
In the face of judicial scrutiny, several states issued executive orders after SC’s 2006 verdict. But these enactments were cleverly designed to circumvent the implementation of judicial directions.
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.
A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.
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.
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