Karnataka government's reservation bill in the private sector for Kannadigas revived a debate on locals vs outsiders in terms of employment. Politicians often bring quota bill which suits their political agendas contrary to India's federal structure which gives equal job opportunities to everyone.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's announcement that his Cabinet has approved the bill to fix 50 per cent reservation for administrative posts and 75 per cent for non-administrative posts for Kannadigas in the private sector drew criticism from business leaders and tech tycoons.
The Kunbi community falls in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, and Jarange has been demanding that Kunbi certificates be issued to all Marathas.
The quota for women in the Lok Sabha and assemblies will continue for 15 years and Parliament can later extend the benefit period. While there is quota within quota for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) women, the opposition had demanded that the benefit be extended to OBCs.
At present, Bihar has 50 per cent reservation for OBC, EBC, SC and ST and the bill proposes to enhance this up to 65 per cent while there would be 10 per cent reservation given to the upper castes people on the basis of their financial condition.
More than a third of families in Bihar are making do with an income of Rs 200 or less a day, while the number of SC-ST families living on similar earnings is nearly 43 per cent, according to the Caste Survey report tabled in the state assembly.
Jharkhand reservation bill: The bill also proposed that the state will urge the Centre to amend the Constitution's Ninth Schedule. The bill was passed amid protests by MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Rahul Gandhi's attack came after the government came out with the national asset monetisation pipeline to garner Rs 6 lakh crore in the coming years.
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has given his assent to a Bill envisaging 7.5 per cent reservation to government school students who have cleared the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test in admission to medical courses
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will begin day-to-day hearing from July 27 through videoconference on a clutch of pleas filed against reservation for the Marathas in education and jobs in Maharashtra.
he Haryana Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a motion to ratify the 126th Constitutional Amendment to extend reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Punjab for another 10 years.
The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Bill 2019, which will allow filling about 8,000 existing vacancies in 41 central universities and also provides 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections, was introduced to replace an ordinance issued inMarch this year.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi refused to grant urgent hearing of a petition filed by Vipin Kumar Bharatiya, challenging the reservation bill.
He said that no one's reservation was abolished and additional 10 per cent reservation was given to economically backward sections of general category.
The bill, passed in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, is being seen as PM Narendra Modi's 'masterstroke' just a few months ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election.
The plea was filed by Youth For Equality organisation and Kaushal Kant Mishra, who sought the quashing of the bill saying that it was against the fundamental fabric of reservation in India.
The 124th amendment bill amended the Constitution to provide 10 per cent reservation to general category poor in jobs and education.
The Bill, which is being seen as PM Narendra Modi's 'masterstroke' just a few months ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election, received 165 votes in favour.
The bill, which the government said was "historic" and in the country's interest, was tabled on Wednesday in Rajya Sabha where proceedings had already been extended by a day.
Addressing a public rally in Solapur after launching a slew of infra projects, Modi asked the Congress to clarify what was driving its ongoing allegations on the Rafale fighter jet deal.
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