Sub Quotas

There is no provision for creamy layer in reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Constitution as envisaged by BR Ambedkar, the Centre said today days after the Supreme Court order on sub quotas.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday issued orders suspending Jalna district Additional Superintendent of Police Rahul Khade and Ambad tehsil Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Mukund Aghav for the lathicharge on Maratha quota protesters.

"We are not able to do the counselling because the matter is sub judice before the Supreme Court. We request the court to expedite the issue so that the counselling can be started at the earliest," Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said

The Narendra Modi government today raised the annual income bar for Other Backward Classes to qualify for reservation, enabling more people to get its benefits. It also announced that it would set up a commission that would create sub-categories and help level the field.

"Live bidding session for allocation of debt investment limits for FII/FPI/sub accounts shall be conducted on Monday, June 6, 2016, on exchange's 'ebidxchange' platform," BSE said.

The Supreme Court has refused to stay Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 per cent sub quota for minorities out of 27 percent reservation for OBCs, which was challenged by the Centre. The top court has pulled up the government for the manner in which the sensitive issue was dealt with. It has questioned the government how it decided on t...

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today called the remarks made by Law Minister Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota issue "unprecedented" and "very serious", and said he welcomed the strong action taken by the Election Commission (EC) on it.

No sooner had the Salman Khurshid Muslim quota speech controversy officially died than another senior Congress minister, Beni Prasad Verma, has stirred one on the very same issue.

Just a day after the Election Commission censured him for promising nine per cent sub quota to backward minorities, union minister Salman Khurshid seems to have triggered yet another controversy.

Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Gopinath Munde wants an Other Backward Classes (OBC) sub quota in the Women's Reservation Bill.

There is no provision for creamy layer in reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Constitution as envisaged by BR Ambedkar, the Centre said today days after the Supreme Court order on sub quotas.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday issued orders suspending Jalna district Additional Superintendent of Police Rahul Khade and Ambad tehsil Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Mukund Aghav for the lathicharge on Maratha quota protesters.

"We are not able to do the counselling because the matter is sub judice before the Supreme Court. We request the court to expedite the issue so that the counselling can be started at the earliest," Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said

The Narendra Modi government today raised the annual income bar for Other Backward Classes to qualify for reservation, enabling more people to get its benefits. It also announced that it would set up a commission that would create sub-categories and help level the field.

"Live bidding session for allocation of debt investment limits for FII/FPI/sub accounts shall be conducted on Monday, June 6, 2016, on exchange's 'ebidxchange' platform," BSE said.

The Supreme Court has refused to stay Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 per cent sub quota for minorities out of 27 percent reservation for OBCs, which was challenged by the Centre. The top court has pulled up the government for the manner in which the sensitive issue was dealt with. It has questioned the government how it decided on t...

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today called the remarks made by Law Minister Salman Khurshid on minority sub-quota issue "unprecedented" and "very serious", and said he welcomed the strong action taken by the Election Commission (EC) on it.

No sooner had the Salman Khurshid Muslim quota speech controversy officially died than another senior Congress minister, Beni Prasad Verma, has stirred one on the very same issue.

Just a day after the Election Commission censured him for promising nine per cent sub quota to backward minorities, union minister Salman Khurshid seems to have triggered yet another controversy.

Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Gopinath Munde wants an Other Backward Classes (OBC) sub quota in the Women's Reservation Bill.