Quotas

Devendra Fadnavis bows to quota demand from Marathas: Country needs transition from community-based to income-based reservations

It is time the country looked past community-based reservations and at least moved to income-based reservations in education and government jobs.

Tina Dabi's fake Facebook accounts reveal internet warriors' blinkered mindset

Barely had the news of Tina Dabi topping the civil services examinations broken that internet gladiators began a political war over her success.

Quota conundrum: Nitish Kumar's demand on increasing reservations may not lead to empowerment

Where has this quota politics, which Nitish Kumar is practicing, taken us? Quality and efficiency have become big casualties.

Ahead of election heat in 5 states, Modi talks quotas again: 'No change in reservation policy for Dalits'

Making it clear that there will be no change in the reservation policy for Dalits, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that nobody can snatch their right even as he accused his opponents of spreading “untruths” on the issue.

Jat quota stir: Modi government tries to follow in UPA's footsteps, but it won't be easy

It is an uphill task for the Modi government to quell the rising upsurge among the Jat population in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi for demanding reservation

Delhi private school quotas: It's easy to hate Kejriwal, but here are 62 reasons to love him

In a far-reaching reform initiative, Delhi government scrapped management and all other quotas except for the economically weaker sections in private schools for nursery admissions, putting 75 per cent of total seats in the open.

Quotas, Art 370: Why BR Ambedkar would not recognise our Constitution today

India's Constitution, with 100 amendments to date, is a poor shadow of the liberal document Ambedkar gave us. Ambedkar's reason for making amendments easy have ended up subverting its fundamental values.

More reforms will treat the symptoms, not the disease

Yesterday's cabinet decision to set up an apex investment committee, clear the Land Bill and offer incentives for urea plants are half-measures at best

Reservation row: Marathas not a backward community, petitioners tell HC

The Congress-NCP government, which is facing Assembly elections next month, earlier this year took the decision to provide 16 percent reservations for Marathas and five percent for the Muslims.

Quotas for Marathas, Muslims: Cong-NCP engineer a 73% travesty in Maha

In one stroke, the State govt has overturned the philosophy of affirmative action, subverted the Constitution, extended the quota system to the private sector, and upset the fine balance that India's courts have struck