-PTI/ Business Standard Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Wednesday said his government is preparing a plan to distribute food kits to people from the Economically Weaker Section. "In order to provide relief to the people of Rajasthan from the impact of inflation and to reduce the cost of kitchen, the state government is conducting studies on various aspects," Gehlot told reporters in Dausa. Later, in a tweet, Gehlot said, "A...
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For beneficiaries of Delhi’s new EWS flats, it’s a wish they didn’t dare dream -Kanishka Singharia
-Hindustan Times One beneficiary thanked the PM for fulfilling their dream of owning a house after spending their lives in a slum. Hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi handing over the keys to 3,024 newly constructed flats for those belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) in the Kalkaji area of Delhi, beneficiaries - mostly those rehabilitated from nearby slums - expressed their happiness to find a permanent dwelling for themselves. Modi inaugurated...
More »Why India's EWS Quota System Needs the Support of Data -Abusaleh Shariff and Mohd Naushad Khan
-TheWire.in 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...
More »Live-stream of some Supreme Court hearings from September 27 -R Balaji
-The Telegraph ‘The modalities are being worked out. Some decision will be taken soon on who will be entrusted with the job of live-streaming the proceedings' The Supreme Court has decided to live-stream all constitution bench hearings from September 27 to address pleas to make the highest judiciary’s proceedings transparent and accessible to one and all. The important constitution bench matters that are scheduled to come up for hearing after September 27 include...
More »EWS quota breaches 50 pc ceiling, defeats creamy layer concept, excludes poor SC/ST, OBCs, SC told
-PTI/The Telegraph Quota is a deceitful and a backdoor attempt to destroy concept of reservation: Expert The Centre's decision to grant 10 per cent quota for the EWS category in admissions and jobs violates the basic structure of the Constitution on multiple counts including that it breaches the 50 per cent cap on reservation, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. The quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) is a "deceitful and...
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