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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· Nov 08, 2022 · 10:15 pm

‘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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· Jan 20, 2022 · 03:26 pm

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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· Jan 02, 2022 · 05:53 pm

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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· Sep 24, 2021 · 08:22 pm

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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· Aug 26, 2021 · 08:27 am

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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· Aug 23, 2021 · 07:30 am

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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· Jul 29, 2021 · 04:28 pm

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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· Jul 02, 2021 · 12:57 pm

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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· Jun 26, 2021 · 05:58 pm

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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· Jun 16, 2021 · 07:08 pm

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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· Jun 08, 2021 · 03:19 pm

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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· Jun 01, 2021 · 11:22 am