Tag: quota
Paswan Meets SC/ST MPs To Discuss Quota In Promotions
Amid opposition's demand for reservation in promotions for SCs, STs and the OBCs in government jobs, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday met with more than 50 MPs belonging to SC and ST communities at his residence here.....
All Quota Stirs Must Be Resolved Constitutionally: Siddaramaiah
Indicating support to the ongoing quota stirs launched by various communities in Karnataka, Leader of the Opposition, Siddaramiah on Monday suggested the state government should resolve quota struggles well within Constitutional provisions. ....
SC Agrees To Re-examine 50% Quota Cap, Issues Notice To States/UTs
After nearly three-decades of the Indra Sawhney judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday said the 50 per cent cap on reservation laid down by a 9-judge bench in 1992, could be re-examined in view of subsequent constitutional amendments and the socio-economic changes that has followed. ....
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray Meets PM Modi In Delhi
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday led a delegation to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to discuss around a dozen pending issues of the state, officials said here. ....
BJP, Congress Unite On OBC Quota In MP Panchayat Polls
Panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh will have mandatory reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC), said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday. ....
'In National Interest..': SC For Start Of Counselling, Reserves Order On EWS Quota In NEET-PG Admissions
After conducting a day-long hearing on petitions challenging the validity of EWS quota in postgraduate medical admissions and the Centre's argument favouring the quota, the Supreme Court on Thursday said there is a situation, where in national interest, the counselling has to begin, which was also a key demand of protesting resident doctors. ....
K. Kavitha Appeals To All Parties To Pass Women's Quota Bill
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha has made an appeal to all political parties to pass the Women's Reservation Bill in the upcoming special session of Parliament.....
Delhi HC Upholds JNU's 80 Pc Fresh Graduate Quota For Foreign Languages Programme
The Delhi High Court has upheld Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) admission policy allocating an 80 per cent quota for students, who have recently completed their Class 12 exams, in the First Year of the three-year B.A. (Hons.) programme in Foreign Languages.....
Upper Caste Quota Has Given Sleepless Nights To Opposition: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rejected allegations that the government decision to provide 10 per cent reservation in education and jobs for the economically weaker sections in the general category was politically motivated with an eye on upper caste vote in the Lok Sabha polls.....
SC Upholds 10% EWS Quota In Admissions, Jobs
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs. Three out of five judges, which heard the petitions challenging the EWS reservation, upheld the EWS quota. ....
