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Constitution Amendment Bill doesn't contravene Constitution's basic struct
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, which provides 10 per cent quota to poor in the general category in government jobs and academic institutions, does not "contravene the basic structure of the Con
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KCR's ploy to reduce OBC reservations through SC: Cong
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Dr. Dasoju Sravan on Saturday alleged that it was Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao's ploy to reduce the quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Panchayat Raj polls from 34 to 22.8 pe
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Ministries told to fill up SC, ST, OBC vacancies through Special Recruitme
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The Department of Personnel and Training has (DoPT) issued instructions to all ministries and departments to constitute an in-house committee to identify backlog reserved vacancies, study of the root cause of backlog reserved vacancies, initiate measures to r
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Aligarh MP demands reservation for SC/ST, backward classes
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 03 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Aligarh MP Satish Gautam on Friday demanded reservation for the students belonging to Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, and Other Backward Classes in Aligarh Muslim University.
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One crore students to get subsidised wheat, rice in hostels
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday announced that they will provide 15 kg of wheat and rice per month to students in all hostels including at least two-third of students from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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Centre to reintroduce Bill to grant Constitutional Status to NCBC in LS
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Centre will reintroduce the Bill to grant Constitutional Status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) in the Lok Sabha in the coming winter session of the Parliament.
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OBC Reservation Bill: SC accepts Rajasthan Govt's submission
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted Rajasthan Government submission is seeking increase in reservation quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and said that a court cannot stop a legislative process, setting aside Rajasthan High Court's order.
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Rajasthan HC stays OBC reservation bill
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan), Nov 9 (ANI): The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday ordered a stay on the state government's bill seeking increase in reservation quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBC).
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Rajasthan HC orders stay on OBC reservation bill till November 13
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 7 (ANI): The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday ordered a stay on the state government's bill on reservation for the Other Backward Classes till November 13.
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Rajasthan increases OBC quota to 26 percent
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India) October 26 (ANI): Rajasthan government on Thursday passed a bill which increased Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota from 21 percent to 26 percent.
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Govt. constitutes commission to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): The government has constituted a commission under Article 340 of the Constitution to examine the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the central list.
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Ensuring social justice, President Kovind appoints commission to examine s
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): In an endeavour to achieve greater social justice President Ramnath Kovind on Monday appointed a commission to examine sub categorization of Other Backward Classes.
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