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Why India's EWS Quota System Needs the Support of Data -Abusaleh Shariff and Mohd Naushad Khan

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Methodological innovation is required to re-evaluate and investigate how backwardness is defined. The 11 criteria the Mandal Commission specified could act as a framework.

The passing of the 124th Amendment Bill of the Indian constitution on January 14, 2019, made the way for a 10% ‘economically weaker sections’ or EWS quota in (a) educational institutions run by the Union government and private institutions (except those managed by minorities), and (b) in Union government employment. 

This quota was an additional provision to other quotas under the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes categories which have been in operation for many decades now. The EWS quota has been in operation since February 1, 2019. It has been challenged over constitutionality and equity considerations. On September 27, 2022, the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the matter.

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