Economically Weaker Sections

COVID-19 offers unique opportunity to transform Maharashtra's private healthcare sector, introduce minimum standards of operation

India’s private healthcare is among the most under-regulated in the world, and for the larger part after independence, there has been no overarching attempt to regulate minimum standards and rates of services.

Cabinet approves bill for 10% reservation to Jammu and Kashmir's EWS in jobs and educational institutions

The Union cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday to provide up to 10 percent reservation to Jammu and Kashmir's economically-weaker sections in jobs and educational institutions

Free legal aid is crucial right granted by Constitution; SCs, STs, women among categories of people eligible for provision

Article 39A of the Constitution of India provides for free legal aid to the poor and weaker sections of the society, to promote justice on the basis of equal opportunity.

Majority of Tamil Nadu parties oppose 10% EWS quota in medical admissions; AIADMK government to seek legal action

AIADMK and DMK in an all-party meet on Monday opposed the 10 per cent reservation in medical admissions for the Economically Weaker Sections.

After 30 years wait, 19,000 applicants to finally get flats in Delhi, but DUSIB's housing scheme for EWS has few takers

Of the 19,000 applications who had sought housing in Delhi under a govt scheme for the economically weaker sections, in 1985, only 1,150 have accepted allotment of tenements offered by the DUISB, the now in-charge of the scheme

Delhi govt's outcome budget shows thousands of houses built under JNNURM for poor lie vacant years after construction

Out of the 3,027 houses built by the DUSIB, only 1,927 have been allotted to beneficiaries in the last four years.

SC refuses to stay 10% quota for general category poor; to examine need for referring case to constitution bench on 28 Mar

Declining to stay the 10 percent quota for Economically Weaker Sections, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it will examine on 28 March if a Constitution Bench should hear the matter

Central public sector enterprises to implement 10% quota for economically weaker sections from 1 February

The Constitutional amendment to provide the 10 percent quota to the EWS among the general category received assent of Ram Nath Kovind on 12 January

10% quota law: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre after hearing PIL; gives it four weeks to respond

The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Central government after hearing a PIL challenging the recent law enacted to provide 10% quota in government jobs and higher education to economically weaker sections of the general category.

Quota in private educational institutes: Opposition from sector, threat of student protests may keep reservation at bay

There are arguments both for and against reservations in jobs and educational institutes in the private sector, but currently, it appears that there are a number of hindrances that may keep the government's pre-poll promise at bay.