Explainer: Is Modi’s government’s 8 lakh income criteria for EWS too lenient?

The Supreme Court will look into the validity of Centre’s criteria for economically weaker sections in the third week of March.

Umang Poddar

· Jan 08, 2022 · 09:00 am

SC allows NEET admissions for this year under existing reservation criteria

A final verdict on the validity of criteria for determining the Economically Weaker Section quota will be passed in March.

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· Jan 07, 2022 · 10:56 am

NEET PG counselling should begin in ‘national interest’, says SC on EWS quota, reserves verdict

The court is hearing petitions challenging the criterion of Rs 8 lakh annual income limit to give reservation under the Economically Weaker Section category.

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· Jan 06, 2022 · 07:34 pm

NEET counselling: Supreme Court agrees to hear pleas on OBC, EWS quota tomorrow

This is the second time in as many days that the Centre mentioned the case for an early listing.

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· Jan 04, 2022 · 01:53 pm

NEET counselling: Centre urges Supreme Court to hear pleas on OBC, EWS quota on Tuesday

Petitions have been filed challenging the validity of 27% reservation for OBCs and 10% for the EWS category in the all-India quota seats in medical courses.

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· Jan 03, 2022 · 12:37 pm

Exploding the myth that reservations are responsible for ‘mediocrity in the medical profession’

The floundering foundations were laid by doctors who entered the profession ‘purely through merit’.

Kiran Kumbhar, The India Forum

· Dec 28, 2021 · 09:00 am

Supreme Court asks Maharashtra to notify 27% OBC seats under general category for local body polls

On December 6, the court had put a hold on the elections to seats reserved for the Other Backward Classes.

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· Dec 15, 2021 · 05:10 pm

Centre sets up panel to revisit criteria for inclusion among economically weaker sections

In October, the Supreme Court had observed that the Rs 8 lakh annual income limit to identify economically weaker sections appeared to be arbitrary.

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· Dec 01, 2021 · 11:39 am

Centre to review Rs 8 lakh annual income criteria for economically weaker section quota

The submission was made in Supreme Court during hearing of a plea challenging the quota in postgraduate medical courses.

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· Nov 25, 2021 · 07:45 pm

NEET counselling will not begin till SC decides on validity of OBC, EWS quota, says Centre

Petitioners have sought quashing of a notification on the reservations in the all-India quota for medical courses beginning from academic session 2021-’22

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· Oct 25, 2021 · 02:47 pm

Reservation: Explain rationale behind Rs 8 lakh income limit for EWS category, SC tells Centre

The Supreme Court asked the government what exercise it conducted before deciding on the figure for the reservation category.

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· Oct 08, 2021 · 12:49 pm

Do away with need for collecting data to implement reservation in promotion, Centre urges SC

The SC was hearing a batch of petitions that were filed challenging reservation-related judgements of 11 different High Courts.

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· Oct 07, 2021 · 01:29 pm