The Supreme Court recently rejected the petitions seeking review of the Constitution Bench judgment that ruled that state has power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs).
Launching a scathing attack on Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party, BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said that Congress and Rahul Gandhi's stance on SCs, STs and OBCs reservation policy is hypocritical and double-faced.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) SC Morcha National General Secretary, Sanjay Nirmal, claimed on Friday that the Congress party has always been against the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) since Independence. He also accused Congress of failing
The Supreme Court, in a landmark verdict on August 1, ruled that states have the power to sub-classify SCs and STs and said that the authority concerned, while deciding if the class is adequately represented, must calculate adequacy based on effective and not quantitative representation.<
The UPSC recently announced a notification for recruiting Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries through lateral entry. This decision has ignited criticism from opposition parties, who claim it undermines the reservation rights of OBCs, SCs, and STs.
The UPSC recently announced a notification for recruiting Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries through lateral entry. This decision has ignited criticism from opposition parties, who claim it undermines the reservation rights of OBCs, SCs, and STs.
The UPSC recently announced a notification for recruiting Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries through lateral entry. This decision has ignited criticism from opposition parties, who claim it undermines the reservation rights of OBCs, SCs, and STs.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar asserted that the caste census should be conducted to get the exact number of population of tribal, SCs, OBCs, minorities etc which will ultimately assist the Centre in devising policies.
Asserting that social justice is the top priority of the government, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said the spirit of inclusion pervades every aspect of social life in India and "affirmative action must be strengthened as an instrument of inclusion".
The Supreme Court ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1 that sub-classification within the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs) reservation is permissible.
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Saturday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave "hollow assurance" to BJP's SC/STs MPs over non-implementation of the Supreme Court observation on identifying creamy layer in SC and ST category.