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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicUpper caste quota

Topic: Upper caste quota

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

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.   

For upper caste quota, IITs will add 3,000 seats and central varsities over a lakh

With govt set to implement 10% quota from the coming session, institutes will have to increase seats by 25% so that the current reservation is not affected.

HRD ministry to increase university seats by 25% to implement upper-caste quota move

Union minister Prakash Javadekar said that along with the upper caste reservation, 25 per cent seats will be increased in higher educational institutes to prevent disturbances in existing quotas.

Modi’s quota bill politically motivated, but a step towards social justice: Soli Sorabjee

Sorabjee says the Supreme Court-mandated 50 per cent limit is not absolute, but there should 'credible evidence' for increasing it.

Modi govt’s quota making India reservation-dependent: Lawyer who blocked similar Rao move

Indra Sawhney, whose petition led to 50% cap on reservation, says upper-caste quota bill is unconstitutional & must be challenged in court.  

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,...

Parliament clears new quota bill but parties set for bitter battle over it before polls

Modi government’s gambit puts opposition parties in a bind, but upper caste quota bill clears Rajya Sabha test with a 165-7 margin. New Delhi: The Rajya...

Modi turns up the heat on Congress amid opposition protests over quota bill

Referring to himself, Modi said this 'chowkidar' can catch wrongdoers even in darkness and demanded the Congress clarify its allegations over the Rafale deal.

BJP poll losses led govt to bring upper caste quota bill, says Congress’ Anand Sharma

Anand Sharma tells government if it's is serious about welfare of weaker sections and women, it should extend session and bring Women's Reservation Bill.

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Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.