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Saturday, August 2, 2025
TopicSC/ST Reservations

Topic: SC/ST Reservations

Bhaskar wants courts to be more efficient, Jagran calls Hafiz Saeed conviction an eyewash

A weekend round up of editorial comments in leading Hindi newspapers on the most topical issues of the day.

Supreme Court’s rule for quota candidates availing age relaxation contradicts its own view

The relaxations are meant to bring the reserved category candidates to a level-playing field where they can also compete in the open category.

As Yogi govt plans to add 17 OBCs to Scheduled Castes list, here’s how it can be done

UP govt told district magistrates, commissioners to issue caste certificates to 17 OBC communities. But union minister has said move not in accordance with Constitution.

Subramanian Swamy was right. Modi’s lateral entry plan will make reservations irrelevant

There are three ways Modi government is likely to undermine constitutionally guaranteed reservation policy for SC/STs in his second term.

Why upper caste poor don’t want age relaxation in job quota

Relaxation in age and attempts has proved to be a clever way to keep Dalits-OBCs out of top positions of power.

Not enough SCs & STs take up MBBS & dental studies, but exceed their quotas in nursing

According to govt data, the number of SC & ST students enrolling in MBBS and dental courses has gone up only marginally.

The BJP’s caste arithmetic is collapsing under its own weight

Demonetisation was at the heart of destabilising the BJP's carefully constructed caste coalition. The rise of the BJP - since the Ram Mandir movement generally,...

Creamy layer cannot be applied to deny benefits of quota in promotions: Centre to SC

Attorney General KK Venugopal says even affluent SC/STs shouldn’t be denied reservations as stigma of caste still looms over them.

Last Laughs: Pranab Mukherjee’s Nagpur visit and Patanjali bid in Uttar Pradesh

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

SC’s interim order on reservation in promotion: Implementable or premature?

The Supreme Court allowed the continuation of existing laws on SC/ST reservations in promotions in government jobs till a constitution bench rules on the same. Experts weigh in.

On Camera

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BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

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India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

What’s standing between Modi & Trump? India’s contradictions

Psychoanalysing Donald Trump is a booming global business. We in India are doing our bit. The only objective, however, is to find a way...