Maintain SC, ST, OBC reservation roster to ensure policy implementation: Railway Board to zonesThe Railway Board has instructed all railway zones and PSUs to rigorously maintain reservation rosters for SCs, STs, and OBCs. Regular insp...
23 Oct, 2024, 08.22 PM IST
If Ambedkar was not there, Nehru would not have allowed reservations: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi has accused Congress leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru, of opposing reservations for deprived castes. Modi c...
21 May, 2024, 04.58 PM IST
PM indulging in 'false propaganda', BJP against reservation for SCs, STs, OBCs: CongressCongress disputes Modi's 'quota snatching' claim, emphasizes historical role in SC, ST, OBC reservations. Modi vows to safeguard quotas, po...
27 Apr, 2024, 03.14 PM IST
The road to development of India as a whole is no longer caste-codedIndia's consumer economy (ICE) surveys 2014, 2016 and 2021 - show that caste is not as important a determining factor as 'caste warriors' m...
22 Oct, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
Congress 2024 Lok Sabha gambit: SC-ST-OBC quota in higher judiciary, private sectorThe party, which struggled to position itself since the Mandal-Kamandal political play, now appears making an overdrive to woo the socially...
27 Feb, 2023, 02.32 PM IST
50% Congress posts for youth, SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities and womenThe plenary also decided to confer permanence in CWC for former presidents and prime ministers, paving the way for Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gand...
25 Feb, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
430 of 554 HC judges appointed since 2018 belong to general category: Kiren Rijiju in Rajya SabhaOnly six were from the Scheduled Tribes and 27 from minorities, he said, adding that the appointments included 84 women judges. The general...
02 Feb, 2023, 08.30 PM IST
No need for special recruitment drives in Railways: CentreA total of 1,40,713 vacancies, including 20,944 SC and 10,930 ST, are presently under recruitment for level-1 to level-7, the minister said.
16 Mar, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
Modi slams Mamata for ‘insult’ on Matuas as CM says TMC treats all equallyBanerjee retorted to Modi’s allegation by retorting at a rally at Ranaghat, in Nadia district, “I consider myself inseparable from Muslims,...
13 Apr, 2021, 07.56 AM IST
Nearly seven lakh vacant posts in central government departments: Personnel MinistryBased on the vacancies reported by the user departments, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has started recruitment process to fill up 1,...
21 Nov, 2019, 02.41 PM IST
Ranks of jobless SCs, OBCs swell in villagesAmong women living in rural areas, the unemployment rate for STs increased from 0.9 per cent in 2009-10 to 1.1 per cent in 2011-12.
25 Apr, 2015, 12.57 PM IST
Not considering reservation in ptivate sector: Krishan Pal GurjarReplying to a question, Gurjar said that there is an improvement in the economic and educational status of the SCs, STs and OBCs over a per...
18 Dec, 2014, 08.04 PM IST
UGC schemes for empowerment of SCs, STs, minoritiesUGC is implementing schemes for empowerment of SCs, STs and minorities that include setting up of equal opportunity cells and scholarships.
13 Aug, 2014, 01.55 PM IST
Congress tries to sell 'undoable' quotas to attract votersCong manifesto has launched a quota offensive to bait dalits, backwards and poor, though the UPA regime has already dismissed these proposa...
28 Mar, 2014, 11.36 AM IST
No proposal to include OBCs for quota in promotion: GovernmentDespite DMK and SP seeking extension of quota in promotion to OBCs, govt today said in Rajya Sabha that there is no such proposal under con...
06 Sep, 2012, 04.57 PM IST
- Delhi government increases OBC quota for higher education to 27 per cent
The Delhi government on Monday increased the reservation in higher education for OBCs to 27 per cent from the present 21 per cent.
27 Feb, 2012, 01.36 PM IST
- RS clears bill in favour of backward classes
A bill to provide for statutory backing to instructions on reservation of posts in civil services for members of backward classes was intro...
22 Dec, 2004, 03.30 PM IST