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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: quota

Alok Verma tops ‘Sabka Quota’ Bill in the media

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BJP to promote ‘well-intentioned’ quota bill, thwart opposition ‘bid to mislead’ SCs, STs

Party is set to hold outreach programmes to promote the bill, wants cadre to stop opposition ‘efforts’ to polarise SCs, STs and OBCs against it. 

Parliament’s quota debate smacks of political opportunism

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Why Modi government’s quota move may not yield the results it wants

Seen as an attempt to consolidate upper caste votes, experts call the reservation move an over-ambitious project to embark on just before the elections.

Modi’s new vote: Sub-categorisation set to bring OBCs into BJP fold

By spreading benefits of OBC reservations more evenly among all castes, the BJP can win over 40 crore of India’s most deprived people.

Athawale’s call for reservations in Army revives old debate

Former defence minister Jagjivan Ram also wrote to then Army chief Manekshaw on caste-based quota policy

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Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

What is ‘ROCKS’, India’s first air-launched quasi-ballistic missile

A next generation extended stand-off air-to-surface missile test fired by IAF, ROCKS has been designed & manufactured by Israeli defence major Rafael, keeping India’s needs in mind.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.