OBC Reservation

At V-Cs meet, OBC quota takes centrestage, SC orders awaited

Even as the HRD Ministry issued directions last month to all Central Educational institutions...

Panchayat polls: SC questions OBC quota

The Supreme Court on Thursday raised its objection to providing reservation for Other Backward Classes...

Ministry moves to revise creamy layer income criterion

The annual income limit for determining the creamy layer among the Other Backward Castes is set to go up from the present Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh.

Varsities submit plan for quota rollout to panel

In order to implement the 27 per cent OBC reservation while keeping the existing number of general category seats intact...

Commission for raising OBC quota ceiling

The National Commission for Backward Classes is likely to recommend the Government to raise the economic ceiling for OBC quota to Rs 4-5 lakh...

Special drive to fill backlog of OBC vacancies

With early Lok Sabha elections still a possibility, the Government on Thursday decided to fill a backlog of more than 28,000 vacancies reserved for OBC candidates.

Centre plans special drive to fill up backlog OBC vacancies

With early general elections still a possibility, the Government plans to launch a special drive for filling up the backlog of posts reserved for OBCs...

SC lifts HC stay on OBC quota, says it can’t sit over our judgment

In a shot in the arm for the Centre, the Supreme Court on Friday vacated the Calcutta High Court order staying implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs...

Creamy layer won’t allow the backward to come up: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday put some searching questions to the pro-quota petitioners for propagating reservations...

Quota benefits are OBCs’ rights, not sops: Centre to SC

The Centre on Thursday asserted in the Supreme Court that reservation benefits extended to backward classes were their inherent right...

Quota law has to pass test of rationality: SC

A supreme Court Bench examining the validity of the Central Educational Institutions Act 2006...

Amendment enabling quota doesn’t violate statute, says Govt

The Centre on Wednesday defended before the SC the validity of the provision in the Constitution enabling it to make a law providing 27 per cent quota for OBCs...

House adopts Apprentices Bill for OBC reservation

The Apprentices (Amendment) Bill, 2006, that seeks to provide reservation for Other Backward Classes in apprenticeship training...

Quota call: Gurjjars extend deadline to Sept 12

More than one lakh Gurjjars, mostly from Rajasthan, participated in the Gurjjar mahasabha, organised by expelled BJP MLA Prahlad Gunjal at Jhalawar on Sunday.

House panel for quotas on the bench, in High Courts and SC too

A Parliamentary committee has recommended reservation for Supreme Court and High Court judges, contending that such a move would be within the provisions of the Constitution.