OBCs

Khurshid makes pitch for sub-categorisation of OBCs

New Delhi: At a time when Congress is making a serious bid to rope in people from the backward Muslim community in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Law Minister Salman Khurshid has made a strong pitch for sub-categorisation of the Other Backward Classes. "Government is within its legitimate rights to make sub-categorisation among the OBCs, which would lead to more equitable distribution of benefits of reservation among the castes/communities included in the...

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Quota, Nandigram on agenda at CPI meet

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IIMs to discuss OBC quota stay today

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Face The Nation: Reservation row

Is it time that India holds a referendum on reservations? Will a referendum settle whether India needs quotas? ...

SC rejects plea on creamy layer

MP from Maharashtra had appealed that certain communities be excluded from the purview of creamy layer. ...

Sachar Committee calls for equity

The recommendation is in line with PM's primary objective to align Muslims with the mainstream society. ...