Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
TopicUpper caste quota

Topic: Upper caste quota

Brahmins at the top on all indicators in states with schemes that benefit only them, study says

Ashwini Deshpande -
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana have adopted a set of measures that provide preferential schemes for Brahmins, which only serves to invert caste inequality upside down.

Kangana Ranaut isn’t casteless. Her elders passed on an invisible code to her

Dilip Mandal -
Kangana Ranaut is an upper caste Indian like Shashi Tharoor, Amitabh Bachchan or Nitin Gadkari, who say they believe in a casteless society and are caste-blind.

Modi govt rules out age relaxation in upper caste quota, says no need for it

Sanya Dhingra -
In letter to Social Justice Minister Thawarchand Gehlot, MoS Jitendra Singh says age relaxation is given to a group if it fails to compete with other categories despite quota.

Modi govt unlikely to relax age limit in quota for poor upper castes despite new demand

Sanya Dhingra -
The latest demand has been forwarded by the social justice ministry to DoPT without any recommendation on relaxing the age limit.

Upper-caste poor will get 10% UPSC seats but age relaxation & more attempts unlikely

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Since this year's civil services exam marks the maiden run of the quota for upper-caste poor, the application process has been marked by confusion.

Good news for IAS aspirants — UPSC looks to fill 180 vacancies, incorporates EWS quota

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Overall, the UPSC has announced it’s looking to fill 896 civil service vacancies, the first time since 2014 that the number has gone up.

Quota politics to take centrestage again as Bhim Army, OBC groups plan protests in Delhi

D.K. Singh -
The show of strength by Bhim Army, a Dalit organisation, will be a cause for worry for not just PM Narendra Modi but also BSP chief Mayawati.

Private institutions to come under reservation ambit, govt prepares to bring in bill

Kritika Sharma -
Private Universities Bill is set to be tabled in budget session of Parliament. It will bring in caste-based reservation as well as the new 10% EWS quota.

Universities can start hiring again as Supreme Court ends teacher quota stalemate

Kritika Sharma -
The Human Resource Development Ministry, which ordered recruitment to be put on hold last July, will issue a circular removing the bar.

As counter to BJP’s upper caste quota, Congress looks to promise 52% reservation to OBCs  

Neelam Pandey -
The Congress manifesto committee is debating the proposal as a section of the party finds idea feasible, citing BJP’s breach of 50 per cent quota cap.   
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First batch of 19 women cadets join NDA, set to begin training this week

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In Kashmir 3 years on, 3 positive changes, 3 things that should’ve happened & 3 that got worse

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Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.

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