Union government's decision to provide reservation to OBC and EWS in medical education seats will help the party in the Assembly polls, claimed BJP leaders.
The government on Thursday decided to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs and 10 per cent for the Economically Weaker Section under the All India Quota Scheme for UG and PG medical/dental courses from current academic year 2021-22.
PM Modi reviewed the issue of OBC and EWS reservation in the all-India quota of medical education.
Abizer Diwanji of consultancy firm EY said defaults are bound to happen in the banking business, but one has to deal with them upfront rather than taking 5-7 years to deal with it.
The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of the May 5 majority verdict which held that the 102nd Constitution amendment took away the power of state governments to declare SEBC for grant of quota in jobs and admissions.
The Supreme Court has been hearing a clutch of cases challenging the Bombay High Court verdict which upheld the grant of quota to Marathas in admissions and government jobs in Maharashtra.
Ramdas Athawale has demanded reservation for the Kshatriya community. He said that 10 per cent quota for the EWS is not enough.
A major Gurjar organisation on Thursday called off its 11-day agitation over reservation in jobs and education after reaching a consensus with the Rajasthan government, a community leader said.
Amid fears that Gujjars may disrupt rail and road traffic in Rajasthan, the quota agitation by the Gujjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti began on a tepid note on November 1.
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has announced a 5 per cent reservation for jobs in the Group C posts for former service personnel.
Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday announced reservation of 4 percent seats in its engineering, medical colleges for students hailing from Ladakh Union Territory.
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.
The cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, approved the proposal for drafting Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Ordinance, 2020, “to address the aspect of unemployment of the local population on priority basis”, will be placed before the Council of Ministers in its next meeting.
Seventy-five per cent of private sector jobs in Haryana will be reserved for local candidates as per a proposed ordinance cleared by the state cabinet on Monday.
The Railways on Thursday increased the advance reservation period from the present 30 days to 120 days for all special trains -- the 15 pairs operating since May 12 on Rajdhani routes and the 100 new pairs of special trains scheduled to run from June 1.
Railway reservation is open for public in all classes of 230 trains connecting various stations in the country.
Indian Railways on Thursday issued an order to resume the train ticket booking facility at reservation counters from Friday (today).
The Odisha Assembly on Monday passed the State Commission for Backward Classes (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and a separate resolution, paving the way for conducting surveys of the social and economic condition of people belonging to backward classes.
The Centre on Monday told the Lok Sabha that it would take "appropriate steps" following the Supreme Court's ruling on reservation in jobs and promotions for SCs/STs after considering the issue at the highest level.
The Congress will hold a countrywide protest on February 16 to expose the "anti-quota" ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), said Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal on Monday.
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