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Modi government wants to put caste census in cold storage: CongressCongress accuses the government of delaying the caste census. It claims Prime Minister Modi intends to amend the women's reservation law wi...
Union Cabinet clears draft bill for amendments to Women Reservation ActThe Union Cabinet has approved a draft bill to amend the Women's Reservation Act. This amendment will increase Lok Sabha seats to 816, with...
Odisha hikes quotas for STs, SCs; introduces reservation for OBCs in medical, technical educationOdisha has significantly boosted reservation quotas for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students in medical and technical education, ra...
Telangana Assembly passes SC categorization billThe Telangana Assembly passed a bill for SC categorization, dividing 59 SC castes into three groups for equitable distribution of 15% reser...
SC 'observation' on creamy layer: Arjun Ram Meghwal accuses opposition of creating confusionLaw Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal criticised the opposition for creating confusion about the Supreme Court's observation on the creamy layer a...
Govt should have nullified SC's 'creamy layer' observation through Parliament: KhargeCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the Supreme Court's recent judgment advocating a creamy layer concept in SC and ST reserva...
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...
Karnataka to issue ordinance to increase SC-ST quotaChief minister Basavaraj Bommai held an all-party meeting on October 7 and took the consent of all parties, including the Congress and JDS,...
Chhattisgarh’s Congress govt hikes SC quota to 13%, says it’s in proportion to populationThe govt has termed this decision as correcting the “wrong” done by the previous BJP government in the state.
Why Congress, BJP face an uphill task to win over divided Dalits in KarnatakaDalits make up about 20% of Karnataka’s population and can drive the result in about 100 seats, of which 36 are reserved for SCs. It is unl...
NDA: Reserving seats for SCs, STs must continueUnder Article 334, the framers of the Constitution had mandated that some constituencies needed to be reserved for the SCs and STs for a pe...
- SC/ST posts can lie vacant but can’t go general
The Govt decided to end de-reservation of posts for SC/STs.
- Govt decides to end de-reservation of posts for SC/ST
Govt decided to end de-reservation of posts meant for SCs and STs.
- Union minister for reservation in private sector
Centre on Saturday said that the private sector and trans-national corporations should make efforts to make reservations for SCs and STs by...
- No caste-based reservation for handicapped, women: SC
The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be caste-based reservations in special benefits provided to physically challenged persons.
- 200 schools to be set up for SC/ST students
The paucity of funds for education has not deterred the government from furthering the agenda of increasing equity and access to education ...
- 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...