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Mandal Commission

  • Interview: Rank, social status and how BJP balances upper-caste appeasement with its welfare push

    Interview: Rank, social status and how BJP balances upper-caste appeasement with its welfare push

    Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
    · May 07, 2024 · 07:30 am
  • Explainer: How Supreme Court put in place a 50% quota cap (and why it’s frequently breached)

    Explainer: How Supreme Court put in place a 50% quota cap (and why it’s frequently breached)

    Vineet Bhalla
    · Oct 26, 2023 · 09:00 am
  • Is India's 50% cap on reservations reaching the end of its existence?

    Is India's 50% cap on reservations reaching the end of its existence?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Aug 23, 2021 · 07:30 am
  • Reading list: Why quotas exist, how it began and everything else you need to know

    Reading list: Why quotas exist, how it began and everything else you need to know

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 09, 2019 · 02:41 pm
  • Not compliant with Mandal judgment, new National Commission for Backward Classes can be manipulated

    Not compliant with Mandal judgment, new National Commission for Backward Classes can be manipulated

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Aug 29, 2018 · 12:30 pm
  • What justifies an arbitrary 50% cap on reservations – when upper caste numbers are much smaller?

    What justifies an arbitrary 50% cap on reservations – when upper caste numbers are much smaller?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Nov 05, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Why the Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh are back in the reckoning – not as king but king-makers

    Why the Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh are back in the reckoning – not as king but king-makers

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Sep 01, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • Could the Dalit students’ agitation be Modi's Mandal moment?

    Could the Dalit students’ agitation be Modi's Mandal moment?

    Ashok Swain
    · Jan 28, 2016 · 03:30 pm