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Karnataka caste census recommends raising Backward Class reservations to 51%

NEW DELHI: The caste census report submitted to the Karnataka Cabinet has recommended increasing reservations for Backward Communities from the existing 32% to 51%, government sources told PTI on ...
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Caste or Economic Criteria? An Outdated Choice in the Reservation Debate

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP (SP)) MP Supriya Sule's recent interview has reignited the debate on whether caste or economic criteria should be the basis for reservations. In ...
The Diplomat

What’s the Caste Census That India’s PM Modi Agreed to Under Opposition Pressure?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to conduct a caste census to enumerate the proportional share of different castes in India’s population. This marks a significant shift in the position of the ...
The Diplomat

The Future of Reservations in India

On November 7, a five-person bench of India’s Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that the government can reserve 10 percent of the spots in educational institutions and government jobs for members of the ...
The Financial Express

‘Both parents are IAS officers, why need reservation?’: SC questions continued quota benefits for affluent backward-class families

During the hearing, Justice Nagarathna repeatedly raised questions about whether reservation benefits should continue for children of families that have moved up socially and economically through ...
The New Indian Express

Yogi cabinet approves dedicated Backward Class Commission for OBC reservation in rural local bodies

LUCKNOW: In a significant decision, Yogi Adityanath Cabinet gave its approval to the constitution of the “Uttar Pradesh State Local Rural Bodies Dedicated Backward Class Commission” for determining ...