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How OBCs and census come into picture, beyond South fears| India News

How OBCs and census come into picture, beyond South fears| India News

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When Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi rose to speak in the Lok Sabha on Friday, he did not begin with the South-may-lose-seats argument that has dominated headlines since the delimitation bill linked to the women’s quota amendment was tabled. Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Dimple Yadav speaks in the Lok Sabha on Friday, April 17. (Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab) He began with a different charge entirely. “This is not a bill for women. This has nothing to do with the empowerment of women,” he said in the House. He then offered what he described as a simple test. “Bring that old bill back right now and we will help you pass it for implementation from this second,” he said. The “old bill” he was referring to is the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam already passed unanimously by both Houses in 2023. That provides for 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It is to come into effect after the completion of the first census after its commencement. That would mean the much-delayed census …

Congress to push for women reservation within existing Lok Sabha seats| India News

Congress to push for women reservation within existing Lok Sabha seats| India News

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The Congress will try to push for 33% women’s reservation within the existing 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and push the government to delay the proposed delimitation exercise for a more equitable distribution of seats, rather than a 50% proportional increase in every state’s parliamentary strength, leaders aware of the details said on Monday. Congress to push for women reservation within existing Lok Sabha seats The upcoming special sitting of Parliament, from April 16 to 18, is set to delink the implementation of women’s reservation from the census. “The Opposition has its task cut out for the upcoming session,” said a senior Congress leader. “It has to oppose the delimitation bill but offer full support for the amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. It also has to formulate a common strategy and ensure its members are present in large numbers to oppose the delimitation bill during voting in both Houses.” Referring to an article written by Sonia Gandhi on the issue, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Sonia Gandhi asserts that the real issue …

Odisha raises quota for STs, SCs; introduces reservation for OBCs in medical and technical education

Odisha raises quota for STs, SCs; introduces reservation for OBCs in medical and technical education

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In a landmark decision, the Odisha government on Saturday (April 4, 2026) enhanced the reservation for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students and introduced a quota for the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) in medical and technical education. The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in Bhubaneswar. “While the quota for the ST students is raised from 12% to 22.50%, it has been enhanced from 8% to 16.25% for SCs. The state government has introduced an 11.25% quota for OBC students, who are known as SEBC in Odisha,” Mr. Majhi told reporters after the meeting. He said this new reservation system will be implemented across universities, their affiliated colleges and educational institutions, ITIs and polytechnics in the state in the fields of engineering, technology, management, computer applications, medicine, surgery, dental, nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences, psychiatry, ayurveda, homeopathy, agriculture and allied sciences, architecture, planning and cinematic arts. This new reservation system will also be implemented in awarding certificates, diplomas and degrees at the undergraduate and postgraduate …

Decode Politics: A commission on OBC sub-quota, now ‘delayed’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Political Pulse News

Decode Politics: A commission on OBC sub-quota, now ‘delayed’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan | Political Pulse News

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In response to a question by DMK MP Matheshwaran V S in Parliament Tuesday on the status of the report submitted by the Justice Rohini Commission on sub-categorisation of OBCs, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment BL Verma said his department was yet to receive it. On the night of July 31 2023, a press release by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had confirmed receiving the report earlier that day. What was the Rohini Commission? The Narendra Modi government constituted the Commission, headed by retired Delhi High Court Chief Justice G Rohini, on October 2, 2017, to look at creating sub-categories within the larger group of OBCs for the purpose of reservation. Story continues below this ad OBCs, which are variously estimated to be between 40%-50% of the population, are currently granted 27% reservation in jobs and education under the Central government based on the recommendations of the Second OBC Commission headed by BP Mandal. There are more than 2,600 subcastes in the Central List of OBCs, and the contention is …

Telangana CM announces 42 per cent reservation for OBCs, recognizes their census population at 56.36 per cent

Telangana CM announces 42 per cent reservation for OBCs, recognizes their census population at 56.36 per cent

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Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy declared that the OBC census population in the state at 56.36 per cent based on methodical and rigorous scientific efforts. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Monday in a historic move, announced 42 per cent reservations for OBCs in education, employment, and political representation, fulfilling a long-standing demand from subaltern groups. Reddy declared that the OBC population in the state is 56.36 per cent based on rigorous scientific efforts.  “Telangana is proud to lead the social revolution in India. It is my honour to announce the longest pending demand of the subaltern groups since Indian Independence, the yearning of our brothers & sisters belonging to the Backward Castes, on being counted & recognised in an official census – has finally found deliverance. Today, as the Leader of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, as Chief Minister I solemnly declare that based on the most scientific, methodically rigorous, and excruciating efforts of our people, we can say that the OBCs population in Telangana is 56.36 percent,” CM Reddy said.  “We are now resolving to ensure …

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week

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UPSC Current Affairs Pointers brings you essential current affairs of the past week, every Monday, to aid you in your Prelims and Mains preparation for UPSC, State PCS, and other competitive examinations. Events EAM S Jaishankar and his Oman counterpart Badr Albusaidi release a logo to mark 70 years of India-Oman diplomatic ties during the Indian Ocean conference, in Oman, Sunday. PTI — The 8th Indian Ocean Conference was organised by India Foundation in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman on February 16-17, 2025 in Muscat, Oman. Story continues below this ad — It was started by the India Foundation in 2016 in Singapore, with participation from 30 countries. The theme for this year of the Conference is Voyages to New Horizons of Maritime Partnership. — The objective of the conference is to bring critical states and principal maritime partners of the region together on a common platform to deliberate upon the prospects of regional cooperation for Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR). — Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated …

Student protest echoes in bypoll campaign as Opposition flags injustice to youth, OBCs, Dalits, minorities

Student protest echoes in bypoll campaign as Opposition flags injustice to youth, OBCs, Dalits, minorities

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Aspirants stage a protest against UPPSC, demanding the implementation of ‘Single Day, Single Sheet’ exams, in Prayagraj, on November 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The recent Prayagraj student protest against the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission’s examination format has gained traction in the political arena, with Opposition political parties co-opting it into their campaign for the upcoming Assembly bypolls in the State. This is a chance to teach the BJP-led government a tough lesson for forcing students to protest, Samajwadi Party leaders said. Connecting the protest to the alleged lack of employment opportunities, the Opposition alleged that there is continuing discrimination against students from Dalit, minority and backward class communities in the State even 75 years after Independence, due to the casteist mindset of the ruling party. “Go and see any [U.P.] university; still, more than 15% of people from PDA [Pichda, Dalit and minority] families are not getting appointments. This government is also discriminating in the posting of officers,” SP president Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday, addressing an election rally in Phulpur. ‘Deliberate …

PM Alleges Congress, JMM Plot To Break OBCs

PM Alleges Congress, JMM Plot To Break OBCs

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PM Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Jharkhand’s Bokaro today Bokaro (Jharkhand): The Congress and its allies want to divide the OBC community by pitting sub-castes against each other for political gains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged today. Addressing an election rally in Jharkhand’s Bokaro, he used the slogan: “Ek rahenge toh safe rahenge”. The slogan, which means “we will be safe if we are united”, appealed to the backward castes to stay united. The Congress, the Prime Minister said, has not been able to cross the 250 mark in Lok Sabha polls after the OBC community got reservation in the 90s. “So the Congress wants to break the OBC community and divide them into numerous castes,” the Prime Minister alleged. The unity of castes under the OBC umbrella, he said, has made the country stronger. “But the Congress and JMM want to make them fight among themselves. They want that castes in OBC category stop considering themselves OBC and remain entangled in their own castes. I want to ask you, do you want the …

100 Days of Modi Sarkar 2.0: How PM is Empowering Dalits, Minorities & Tribals

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Last Updated: September 20, 2024, 07:00 IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Centre’s priority is development of tribals, poor, Dalits, women and youths, and several schemes have been launched to benefit them. (Getty) The Pradhan Mantri Samajik Utthan evam Rozgar Adharit Jankalyan scheme has been expanded to provide better access to concessional loans for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and sanitation workers In the first 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new term, the government has unveiled its agenda focusing on the empowerment of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Dalits, minorities, and tribal communities. The Prime Minister’s Developed Tribal Village Campaign aims to develop 63,000 tribal villages, improving the socio-economic status of five crore tribals. The National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) scheme has been extended to include waste-pickers along with sanitation workers, promoting their social and economic empowerment. Apart from this, three lakh identification cards have been issued for persons with disabilities from Scheduled Tribes, including 1.17 lakh cards for individuals aged 60 years and above. The Pradhan Mantri …

Nadda hits out at Kharge over his letter to PM; Cong calls BJP chief’s letter ‘juvenile’ | Latest News India

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Union health minister and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Thursday slammed the Congress for overlooking the “misdeeds” of its leaders including Rahul Gandhi, whom he accused of having a history of abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). BJP chief JP Nadda said Rahul Gandhi has a history of calling the entire OBCs, including the PM, a “thief” and using extremely indecent words against Modi. (HT Photo) Nadda made the comments in a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who earlier this week had written to PM Modi to raise the issue of “extremely objectionable” and violent statements by the members of the ruling NDA targeting the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and urged him to discipline his leaders. “You have written a letter to Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi in an attempt to polish your failed product, which has been repeatedly rejected by the public, and bring it to the market due to political compulsion. Your comments are far from truth. It appears from your letter …