News on OBC Quota

News on OBC Quota

SC reinstates Venugopal
The long agitation against the Centre’s 27 per cent OBC quota move in higher education, which was being spearheaded by AIIMS’ junior doctors in 2006, ...

Reservation debate still rankles in some quarters
The recent SC verdict on the implementation of 27 per cent OBC quota in government institutions of higher education has created a stir among its proponents ...

OBC Reservation: The Other Side of the Story
In contemporary India more than 35 percent aspirants of higher education is in the age group of 20-25 years. Amongst them only seven to eight percent of the ...

Critics slam India's education quotas
As schools across India close for summer holidays, many parents send their children to coaching classes....

Pvt. Schools to allow quota soon
New Delhi : In coming future it is expected that private schools in future be required to reserve at least some percentage of their seats....

Private quota bill takes shape
New Delhi, April 25: The Centre plans to table a bill to introduce quotas and control fees in private higher education institutes in the monsoon session of ...

War of the creamy layers
One of our great triumphs as a nation is that we widely condemn social discrimination....

Dealing a blow to social inclusion
The implicit assumption is that the low castes don't deserve higher education; they must be satisfied with primary schooling and the menial or clerical jobs ...

On quota, IIT cut-offs may go negative
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, and the University of Cambridge have signed a Memorandum.....

TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan: The way reservation works out
*Affirmative Action in Education: Evidence From Engineering College Admissions in India, NBER Working Paper No. 13926, April 2008.....

Partitioning Poverty..
The problem statement in India is that people from backward communities do not get sufficient opportunities to pursue higher education or avail government ...

Arjun's quota 'contribution' has few takers in PMO
NEW DELHI: If subject-wise cut-off marks for general candidates in the just-held IIT-JEE are, as in last year's examination,....

The big picture
In 2005, Parliament passed the 93rd Amendment to provide quotas for socially and economically backward classes (SEBCs) in educational institutions.....

9% quota for OBCs in IITs
The OBC reservation, when implemented, would take the overall reservation in government-funded higher education institutions from the current 22.5 (for SC ...

'Abolish reservations for higher education, recruitment’
All the poor children from any caste should be provided Free education, free uniforms, free books, free pre-recruitment training etc. to bring them at par ...

Whose quota is it? For some, it just doesn't matter
According to the HRD Ministry's own figures, almost 90 per cent of India's children drop out of school and never even make it to higher education. ...

Move on, says Pitroda post quota ruling
Ahmedabad: 'We should move on,' National Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda says in response to the Supreme Court ruling reserving 27 percent of seats in institutes of higher learning t...

Reservations: gains at a cost
Affirmative action in higher education remains a divisive issue in India. One cannot forget the widespread debates and protests that accompanied the ...

Govt to implement quota verdict; no move to confront SC
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) Despite reservations from allies on the creamy layer issue, the government has said it would implement the Supreme Court verdict on ...

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Quota in private institutions: Govt's move unlawful
Once quota for Other Backward Classes is approved for Central educational institutions....

Govt to enforce OBC quota without seeking review
Despite reservations from allies on the creamy layer issue, the Union Government has said that it would implement the Supreme Court verdict on the OBC quota issue......

Quota verdict will be implemented: Arjun
New Delhi (PTI): Despite reservations from allies on the creamy layer issue,.....

Separate merit list for OBCs
He rubbished the concerns of people about lowering the standards and said that they were critical about women taking up jobs and opting for higher education ...

India ready for quota? Question merits debate
The Supreme Court verdict this on OBC reservations for higher education could change the face of education....

Confusion persists on OBC quota for postgraduate courses
The apex court upheld the 27 percent quota for OBCs in higher education institutions on April 10, but there is confusion about whether the IITs and IIMs ...

Cong pitches for OBC quota in private institutes
NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday shifted into higher gear on quota, asking the Centre to speed up the legislation aiming to provide OBC quota in private institutions.....

IISc to wait for official notification to implement OBC quota
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) will wait for central government notification to implement the other backward classes (OBC) quota....

IBNLive Chat: Quota row - Privatise higher education
I am wondering if re-appealing might be of any help to any of us out here who favour meritocracy over casteism at the higher education level. ...

Quota applies to IITs, IIMs also: Arjun Singh
NEW DELHI: Union Human Resource Minister Arjun Singh said on Friday that the 27 per cent quota for the Other Backward Classes.....

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OBC issue: DMK complains against stringent parameters
New Delhi-Chennai (PTI): The unrest in the UPA on the OBC issue came to the fore on Saturday with the DMK,....

India ready for quota? Question merits debate
The Supreme Court verdict this on OBC reservations for higher education could change the face of education in this country.....

SC backs 27% OBC quota in higher education
... Supreme Court (SC) upheld the proposed 27% reservation for Other Backward Castes (OBC) in government-funded education institutions for higher studies. ...

27 pc quota upheld: Are OBCs India's new rulers?
Even when the Mandal Commission was implemented in 1991-92 reservations could not be implemented for higher education. The UPA government under the ...

More Rational thoughts on the reservation policy in India
But because they are not equipped to face higher education. Mind you a person can be intelligent and ill-equipped at the same time. ...

Arjun Singh assures public support for OBC quota verdict
"I am sure all people who want equity in higher education will support this judgment. This OBC facility will not affect other students, as there is no clash ...

Express Editorial: Not by quotas alone
In one stroke now, the country will usher in a comprehensive measure of affirmative action to widen access to higher education. It will, most immediately, ...

Quota applies to IITs, IIMs also: Arjun Singh
NEW DELHI: Union Human Resource Minister Arjun Singh said on Friday that the 27 per cent quota for the Other Backward Classes.....

'Judgement will undermine quality of IITs'
On the matter of reservation for OBCs in universities, the Supreme Court has given a Solomon's judgment,.....

SC upholds 27% OBC quota in higher education
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the 27 per cent OBC quota in central educational institutions, including IIMs and IITs. However, the Court says no to ...

Funds no bottleneck for reservation rollout, assures govt
All existing higher education institutions can stagger the OBC quota over the next three years. The new institutions will have to implement the 27% OBC ...

The Great Reservations Debate
Higher education is a holy cow. Successive governments, regardless of ideologies, have chosen to dabble with their brand of ideology and influence the ...

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