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...
28 Dec, 2021, 11.22 PM IST
Most EWS beneficiaries from families with below Rs 5 lakh incomeNeet 2020 data showed that 91% of students under EWS quota had an annual family income below '5 lakh and 71% students were from families wi...
15 Dec, 2021, 11.46 PM IST
Social justice ministry panel to review EWS criteriaThe ministry of social justice and empowerment, the nodal ministry for reservation, is likely to appoint an expert committee next week.
27 Nov, 2021, 06.47 AM IST
Centre informs SC that it would revisit Rs 8 lakh annual income limit for EWS category for NEET (PG)A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and Vikram Nath was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that a committee will be con...
25 Nov, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
SC to hear on November 16 batch of pleas challenging OBC, EWS quota in NEETA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath, and BV Nagarathna was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the government has detai...
28 Oct, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Centre cites Sinho Panel creamy layer note to defend EWS income cap in Supreme CourtIn a 15-page affidavit filed on Tuesday - after the Supreme Court (SC) questioned the logic behind arriving at the annual income ceiling of...
26 Oct, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
Centre justifies in SC limit of Rs 8 lakh annual income fixed for determining EWS category for reservation in NEETThe Centre Tuesday justified before the Supreme Court its decision to set the limit of Rs 8 lakh annual income fixed for determining the Ec...
26 Oct, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
NEET: Supreme Court asks Centre whether it would like to revisit Rs 8 lakh criteria for determining EWSA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath, and BV Nagarathna was annoyed as no affidavits were filed by the Ministry of Social Justic...
21 Oct, 2021, 07.20 PM IST
Reservation needs to be on socio-economic criteria: Major General (Retd) SR SinhoSR Sinho headed the 3-member panel, whose report formed the basis of the govt’s constitution amendment bill.
11 Jan, 2019, 12.40 PM IST
Opposition backs Constitution Amendment Bill, takes a dig at governmentTrinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien said the Bill was “an acknowledgement of guilt” on the part of the government as no jobs have been ...
10 Jan, 2019, 08.34 AM IST
Cabinet note on Economically Weaker Sections Bill prepared in just a dayThe ministry framed the Cabinet note for the meeting on Monday in one day. According to highly placed sources, the note was not even circul...
09 Jan, 2019, 07.46 AM IST
UPA panel proposed, NDA govt follows reservation suitIn 2017, Gujarat government also formed Gujarat State Non-Reserved Class Commission post the Patidar agitation to look into the problems of...
08 Jan, 2019, 10.00 AM 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
Despite Sonia Gandhi's call, no quota for upper caste poorThe Centre has readied a proposal to extend affirmative action, without reservation, to the poor among upper castes.
11 Feb, 2014, 10.35 AM IST