Reservation Row
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Remove 50% cap on quotas, says Nitish Kumar
The Bihar chief minister reiterated his demand to conduct a caste census a day after the SC upheld the validity of quotas for the Economically Weaker Sections.
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‘Reservation is not at odds with merit’: Supreme Court upholds 27% OBC quota in NEET
However, it has agreed to hear the matter pertaining to the validity of criteria for determining the EWS quota in the third week of March.
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No change in Rs 8-lakh annual income limit for economically weaker section quota, Centre tells SC
It omitted the residential criteria, which required beneficiaries to not have five acres of land or a 1,000 square feet house.
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Supreme Court sets aside Madras HC observation on EWS reservations in medical courses
The High Court on August 25 had said that the Centre’s decision to provide the 10% quota would require the Supreme Court’s permission.
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EWS reservation in medical courses not permissible without SC nod, says Madras High Court
Along with 10% reservation for economically weaker sections, the Centre had in July announced a 27% quota for Other Backward Classes.
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Is India's 50% cap on reservations reaching the end of its existence?
Electoral pressures from large numbers of rural agrarian castes is leading the pushback.
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Centre announces 27% quota for OBCs, 10% for economically weaker sections in medical courses
The EWS quota gives 10% reservation to the economically poor among those not covered by other reservations.
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SC rejects Centre’s review plea, says states have no power to identify backward classes
The Centre can now move a curative writ petition, the last legal resort available after a review plea has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.
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Maharashtra: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, party colleagues detained during OBC quota protest
The party held protests across the state to demand the restoration of the 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes in local bodies.
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Maratha quota: Agitation begins in Kolhapur, state government invites protest leaders for talks
The sit-in protest, led by BJP member Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, was attended by leaders from across parties.
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Maratha quota: Uddhav Thackeray meets Modi, requests him to lift 50% cap on reservation
He also spoke to the prime minister about shifting the metro car shed in Aarey Colony and pending GST compensation worth Rs 24,306 crore to Maharashtra.
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Maratha community can take benefits under 10% EWS quota, says Maharashtra
This came four weeks after the Supreme Court scrapped a separate reservation in jobs and education for the community, calling it unconstitutional.
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