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Jan 22, 2019
Andhra Pradesh cabinet approves 5% quota each for economically backward classes of upper castes, Kapu community
Among other schemes and payments, the Andhra Pradesh cabinet met on Monday and cleared five percent reservation in educational institutions and government jobs for members of the Kapu community and another five percent for the economically backward classes among the upper castes. -
Jan 22, 2019
Higher cut-off for OBCs in Rajasthan raises doubts about quota benefits; 10% reservation for 'general' poor could backfire
If the Rajasthan government implements 10 percent reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS), it would force 96 percent of the state's population to compete for 60 percent of the reserved seats, while leaving 40 percent of the seats for the remaining 4 percent of the population. -
Jan 11, 2019
Don't know Manmohan Singh's caste but most Congress PMs were Savarnas, why didn't they think of quota bill? Asks Ram Vilas Paswan
Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan said on the 10 per cent quota move that all prime ministers from Congress party barring Manmohan Singh belonged to upper castes. -
Jan 09, 2019
Narendra Modi's plan to move, pass 10 percent quota bill in two days had right optics to silence its critics
The determination which the Narendra Modi government displayed in both Houses of the Parliament in offering 10 percent reservation to economically weaker sections of all communities, has helped the BJP silence its political rivals and critics -
Jan 09, 2019
Modi's 10% quota plan: PM's switch hit has reverse-Mandalised Indian politics, caught Opposition off-guard
Narendra Modi has not just reversed the direction of the political narrative by offering 10 percent reservation for upper castes, but also changed his stance on the issue, to hit the prevailing Mandal logic out of the park -
Jan 07, 2019
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Quota for upper castes, Yogi's tax to build cow shelters, Ravi Shastri on Team India, today's must read stories
From 10 percent reservation for economically backward upper caste, Yogi Adityanath government imposing 0.5 percent cess to build cow shelters, Ravi Shastri's 'best travelling Indian team in the last 15 years' proving true, today's must-read stories -
Jan 07, 2019
Centre approves 10% reservation for economically-weak upper castes; Opposition slams govt for another 'political jumla'
The Centre has approved a 10 percent reservation in government jobs and educational institutes for the economically backward strata among the upper castes, on Monday. The reservation benefit is likely to be availed by those whose annual income is below Rs 8 lakh and who have only up to five acres of land. -
Nov 16, 2018
Short history of word 'Dalit': Move to scrap use of term has roots in history; all ruling parties have applied labels to community
And yet, every time the community has fought back and reasserted its rights in a dominant upper-caste society, they have managed to reunite under the canopy of the term 'Dalit' rather than any other nomenclature that the non-Dalits may have tried to ascribe to the society. -
Sep 27, 2018
Narendra Modi and RSS, Part 2: Rise of a backward caste as PM is highpoint of Sangh's Hindutva project
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emergence as the tallest Hindutva leader coming from backward class is not a freak accident. It is consistent with the history of the RSS and its efforts to forge a Hindutva force subsuming all castes -
Sep 22, 2018
Bhima Koregaon riots: Thousands suffered losses, but compensation ‘inadequate’, reached 260 families at most
When thousands of people had been victimised in Bhima Koregaon riots, the compensation of Rs 7.97 crores sanctioned by the Maharashtra state government seems to have reached only 260 families at the most.
