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The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act 2019, that came into force from Monday, provides for a 10 per cent additional reservation for those not eligible earlier. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha approved the bill within a week. So compelling were the provisions an inclusive agenda for the economically weaker sections (EWS) and explicit exclusion of the well-off that all parties were agreed a rare but welcome show of national consensus. (Representational image)

After EWS quota, only 10 per cent of India is left out

In comparison, the EWS quota is rather miserly, at less than 50 per cent (quota of 10 per cent for a population share of...

16 Jan 2019 12:20 AM IST

Reservation, SC/ST Act keeps casteism alive: BJP MLA Surendra Singh

Singh, who represents Ballia constituency in UP legislative assembly, is known for making controversial statements time...

12 Aug 2019 12:27 PM IST

The court will get the opinion of the state governments based on the position of the parties that run them. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Quotas: Let Parliament decide

Reservation is essentially a political question; its legal aspects are addressed by Article 15 (4) of the Constitution

11 March 2021 4:20 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi has batted for a reasonably strongly supported viewpoint of a large number of people in demanding a caste census. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Go ahead with caste census

We cannot manage what we cannot measure

27 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST