Maratha quota issue: Jarange warns of fresh agitation from May 30Manoj Jarange, a Maratha quota activist, will begin an indefinite hunger strike on May 30. He has set a May 29 deadline for the Maharashtra...
16 May, 2026, 02.00 PM IST
Inside AI-led digital storefronts; Lalit Keshre’s big ET Awards winHappy Monday! Digital platforms and brands are building their own AI storefronts. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
27 Apr, 2026, 07.41 AM IST
Maharashtra scraps 5% Muslim quota in government, semi-govt jobs and educational institutionsThe Maharashtra government has rescinded its resolution. This resolution had previously granted a 5% reservation for the Muslim community. ...
18 Feb, 2026, 09.19 AM IST
Govt rules out hike in OBC ‘creamy layer’ income limitThe Centre has decided not to raise the ‘creamy layer’ income ceiling for OBC reservations, currently set at Rs 8 lakh per year, despite th...
13 Oct, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
'Creamy layer' snatching job pie? Data shows a chunk of SC/ST jobs remain unfilled each yearA 2023 parliamentary report reveals that a significant portion of SC/ST job quotas in central government positions remains unfilled annuall...
04 Aug, 2024, 09.27 AM IST
Karnataka Congress govt puts controversial job quota bill on holdKarnataka government halts job quota bill amid industry criticism. The bill aimed to reserve jobs for Kannadigas in private firms, but face...
17 Jul, 2024, 10.09 PM IST
Karnataka jobs reservation for Kannadigas: India Inc says move 'discriminatory', calls for it to be junkedThe Karnataka cabinet approved a bill mandating 50% reservation for locals in management jobs and 75% in non-management jobs in the private...
17 Jul, 2024, 09.32 PM IST
Why Lalu Prasad Yadav is both right and wrong about Muslim reservationLalu Prasad has intensified the Muslim reservation debate that was triggered by PM Modi’s allegation that Congress aims to slice up the OBC...
11 May, 2024, 10.32 AM IST
Should IAS and IPS children continue to get benefits of reservation, asks SC judge; Punjab govt says they shouldn'tJustice Gavai, a Dalit himself and slated to become CJI in May next year, said, "A person from the SC/ST community, after getting into cent...
07 Feb, 2024, 12.34 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh govt to provide 35% reservation for women in govt jobsThe Madhya Pradesh government has issued a notification stating that 35% of all posts in the state, except for the Forest Department, will ...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.15 AM IST
10% quota's fine, but government cutting jobs tooCentral staff number, as per actuals declared in Union Budget for 2018-19, came down by 75,231 since 2014.
19 Jan, 2019, 06.50 PM IST
Quota unquote: Here is the reality of jobs and education in IndiaA parliamentary question showed, between 2013 & 2015, there has been an 89% fall in direct recruitment in govt jobs
12 Jan, 2019, 07.10 AM IST
'Gadkari's remark an endorsement of Cong claim on lack of jobs'Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi where were the jobs the latter had promised to in the r...
06 Aug, 2018, 05.12 PM IST
Government should provide quota for SC/STs in private sector: Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M)Sitaram Yechury said that SC/ST Bill, 2015 be brought to its logical conclusion and reservation be extended to private sector, as the speci...
26 Nov, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
- West Bengal announces reservation for Muslims in govt jobs
West Bengal government on Monday announced 10 per cent quota in employment for the community under the OBC category.
08 Feb, 2010, 04.55 PM IST
- Women to get reservation in govt jobs: Chidambaram
Government will bring in a bill providing reservation for women in government jobs in the coming parliament session, Union Home Minister P ...
28 Jun, 2009, 11.05 PM IST
- NCP to ask for reservation of govt jobs for North-East
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will ask the Centre to earmark 10 per cent of central government jobs for people of the north-eastern ...
09 Oct, 2007, 02.50 PM IST