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SC seeks data on claim Punjab failed EWS admissions mandateThe Supreme Court has taken notice of a plea alleging Punjab's failure to implement the Right to Education Act. Specifically, private unaid...
Supreme Court questions quota to children of economically, educationally advanced families in backward classesThe Supreme Court is questioning the continuation of reservation benefits for children from affluent families within backward classes. Just...
Mayawati bats for sub-quota for SC, ST, OBC women within 33% reservationBSP chief Mayawati advocates for a dedicated sub-quota system for women from SC, ST, and OBC backgrounds within the proposed 33% women’s re...
High Court orders raising income threshold from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh annually for admission to schools under EWS quotaThe Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) shall frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for income verification and regular ...
Rajasthan govt will hike OBC quota from 21% to 27%, says Ashok GehlotThe Rajasthan government has announced that it will increase Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation from 21% to 26%, with the additional ...
Assam government scraps economically weaker section reservation in jobsAn official notification of the Department of Personnel said : “Governor of Assam is pleased to keep the matter of reservation for Economic...
Economically weaker sections verdict: One more quota, with reservationsOn Monday, a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court upheld the 103rd constitutional amendment by a majority of 3:2.
EWS hearing: SC upholds 10% quota, says it doesn't violate basic structure of ConstitutionA five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act 2019, which pr...
Assam Cabinet extendeds the scope of the economically weaker section quotaThe Assam Cabinet on July 18 extended the scope of the EWS (Economically weaker section) quota.
90-Page EWS report will be submitted in Supreme Court this weekThe committee was constituted following the intervention of the Supreme Court, which is hearing petitions challenging the government notice...
Quota for economically weaker sections puts IIMs in a bindA larger intake will throw faculty-student ratios out of kilter and strain infrastructure, IIMs feel
PSUs to implement 10 per cent quota for EWS from FebruaryAn order regarding the implementation of the EWS reservation has been issued by the Department of Public Sector Enterprises (DPE).
Central institutes with constraints can roll out EWS quota in '20-20In an Office Memorandum (OM) dated 17th January, 2018, the ministry has said that “reservations shall be provided to EWS for admission in C...
HRD to workout modalities to implement 10% reservation in education institutesThe ministry is working out the number of seats that need to be increased in the educational institutions to be able to implement this quota
JD(S) backs bill for 10 per cent quota for poor in general categoryThe Narendra Modi government tabled a bill in this regard in Parliament on Tuesday, which for the first time aimed to provide for non-caste...
Election stunt, says Mayawati on Centre's move to give 10 per cent quota to economically weakThe benefit of the reservation, when implemented, is likely to be availed by those whose annual income is below Rs eight lakh and have up t...
Government extends Rajya Sabha proceedings by a day to ensure passage of proposed quota lawThe winter session of Parliament that started on December 11 was to end on Tuesday, January 8.
Election gimmick: Congress on quota for economically weaker sections in general categoryUnion Cabinet has approved 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward section in the genera...
Quotas for weaker sections have benefited only a few: Supreme CourtWith this, the apex court has thrown its weight behind the contention that the effects of affirmative action have been skewed.
- Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan seeks quota for weaker sections in private varsities bill
Paswan met Maharashtra Governor, seeking quota for weaker sections in the private universities bill, passed by the Maharashtra State Assemb...