-IndiaToday.in Small and marginal parties play a crucial role in political arena of Uttar Pradesh. Here is a look at their rise and impact on UP elections. The BJP had won the 2017 Assembly Election of Uttar Pradesh with the help of alliance of small and marginal parties such as Apna Dal and Suheldev Rajbhar Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP). These alliances had enabled the party to mobilise voters from the most backward...
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No quota without quantifiable data -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu There is a lack of recent data on the representation of various communities in education and employment The Madras High Court’s recent verdict of quashing the 10.5% special reservation for Vanniyakula Kshatriyas within the overall 20% quota for Most Backward Classes (MBC) and Denotified Communities (DNC) has again highlighted the importance of quantifiable data as a prerequisite for reservation in education and employment. Adopted on the last day of the previous...
More »Why counting caste matters -Kalaiyarasan A and Trina Vithayathil
-The Hindu Caste data will help us understand the contours of inequality and craft reasoned and inclusive policies The debate about whether the decennial Census should collect data on caste from individuals who fall into the administrative categories of ‘General’ and ‘Other Backward Classes’ (OBCs) has been argued by public intellectuals, politicians, and government administrators for decades. As the Census currently only collects data on ‘Scheduled Castes’ (SCs) and ‘Scheduled Tribes’ (STs),...
More »Study shows that hold of caste and social standing persists despite affirmative actions like reservations. Cities offer better occupational mobility than villages -Shalinee Mishra
-GoIMonitor.com Study shows that hold of caste and social standing persists despite affirmative actions like reservations. Cities offer better occupational mobility than villages ARE YOU likely to be poor and socially backward if your grandfather was too? A latest paper finds that educational levels have increased in India over three generations but people are still holding same occupations. So, there is clear evidence of “grandfather effect”. This multigenerational mobility differs in social groups....
More »Over 42,000 posts reserved for SC, ST & OBC vacant in union ministries, govt tells Lok Sabha -Sravasti Dasgupta
-ThePrint.in Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh says there were 78,923 vacant posts under reserved categories on 1 January 2020, and 42,066 of them remain unfilled. New Delhi: Over 42,000 posts reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Castes (OBC) are vacant in various central government ministries, the Narendra Modi government has revealed. In a written reply presented before Lok Sabha, Minister of State (MoS) in...
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