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Pvt colleges to study legality of quota move amid fears of dip in quality

Institutions also fear that the admission process will become more cumbersome

Bill for 10% reservation for poor in general category challenged in SC

The petition, filed by Youth For Equality organisation and Kaushal Kant Mishra, sought the quashing of the bill saying that the economic criterion cannot be the sole basis for reservation.

Where are the jobs, asks Shiv Sena after Parliament passes 10% quota Bill

The Parliament had on Wednesday approved amending the Constitution to provide 10% reservation to general category poor in government jobs and education

Modi pushes quotas ahead of Lok Sabha polls, but where are the jobs?

The announcement comes after a number of setbacks for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the vote due by May

Parliament clears 10% quota bill, Prez nod to make it a law: Top highlights

Here's all you need to know about the 10% quota Bill for the general category

Rajya Sabha passes 10% quota Bill, states to decide on beneficiary criteria

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the legislation gives powers to states to decide on the economic criteria for defining the beneficiaries

Make govt jobs less cushy: MIT economist Abhijit Banerjee on 10% quota

The Bill seeks to offer 10% Central and state government jobs to all those who are economically backward, including minorities who have an annual income of Rs 8 lakh or own under 5 acres of farmland

'Muddled thinking': Amartya Sen on 10% quota for general category poor

He also said Modi government sustained the 'high economic growth' achieved during the UPA regime, but that did not translate into jobs, poverty elimination and better healthcare and education for all

Quotas on the learning curve

Whatever the provenance of the recipient of affirmative action - whether caste, tribe, or, the latest innovation, economic situation - neither tool is truly empowering or socially transformative

Reservation Bill for poor among upper castes clears Lok Sabha test

The Bill proposes a 10% reservation over and above the 49.5% currently in force for Scheduled Castes (15%), Scheduled Tribes (7.5%), and Other Backward Classes, or OBCs (27%)

10% quota for general category unconstitutional, gimmick: Legal experts

Senior advocates Rakesh Dwivedi, Rajeev Dhavan and Ajit Sinha raised apprehensions on the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill 2019, approved by the Union Cabinet on Monday, over its passing the test o

HRD ministry sets out to implement upper caste quota in education

According to the sources, the ministry is working out the number of seats that need to be increased in the educational institutions to be able to implement this quota

Reservation should be based on population, says BJP UP ally Apna Dal

Committee had in its recommendations to the state government favoured division of backward castes in 3 categories -- backward, 'ati picchda' (very backward) and 'sarvadhik picchda' (most backward)

Govt's bill calls for reservation for EWS in pvt institutes too: updates

To facilitate the passage of the Bill for 10% reservation to Upper Caste, the government will introduce a Constitution amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha today

Reservation for EWS: Mayawati says BSP welcomes Modi govt's 'immature' move

Mayawati's reaction came a day after other opposition parties too questioned the timing of the Cabinet decision

Quota reservation should be given within Constitution's framework: Naqvi

He said it's clear in the Constitution that more than 50% reservation is not possible