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

The TM Krishna column: Modi made me realise reservations based on economic status are not justified

TM Krishna

· Jan 27, 2019 · 08:00 am

Modi government wants private universities to implement quotas – but who will pay student fees?

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Jan 17, 2019 · 06:30 am

Upper caste quota: CPI(M), BJP may face backlash from politically important Ezhavas in Kerala

TA Ameerudheen

· Jan 11, 2019 · 07:30 am

If backwardness is the criterion for reservation, all Indians can demand quotas: Anand Teltumbde

Anand Teltumbde

· Jan 09, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Why BJP’s upper-caste quota is a great gambit – but it raises some tricky questions

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jan 08, 2019 · 02:30 pm

How Modi's 10% quota for poor upper castes violates Supreme Court orders on reservations

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jan 07, 2019 · 07:25 pm

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

Shoaib Daniyal

· Nov 05, 2017 · 06:30 am

No reservations: Political dynasties have helped boost women’s representation in Lok Sabha

Ajaz Ashraf

· Feb 23, 2017 · 08:00 am

Nagaland violence: Women's reservation was seen as (yet another) imposition by the Centre

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Feb 04, 2017 · 08:45 am

A Dalit leader’s demand for upper caste reservations may appear odd – but there's a rationale for it

Amit Ahuja

· Sep 02, 2016 · 05:30 pm