Economically Weaker Section
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Bihar cabinet approves proposal to raise backward classes, EWS quota to 75%
Bihar | Nov 08, 2023, 12:01 AM ISTBihar's caste survey report revealed that OBCs (27.13 per cent) and the extremely backward classes sub-group (36 per cent) accounted for a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total of 13.07 crore, while SCs and STs together were slightly over 21 per cent.
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Nitish Kumar wants backward classes quota to be increased from 50% to 65%, 10% for EWS
Bihar | Nov 07, 2023, 05:11 PM ISTAs per the report, tabled by parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, the state was home to about 2.97 crore families, out of which more than 94 lakhs (34.13 per cent) were poor.
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Delhi University launches fee waiver scheme for students from economically weak background
Education | Nov 23, 2022, 09:03 PM ISTDelhi University news: The waiver includes all components of the fees paid by the students except the examination fee and the hostel fee.
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Gujarat Elections 2022: Patels will ensure BJP gets massive majority, says Hardik on EWS quota
Elections | Nov 24, 2022, 12:27 PM ISTGujarat Elections 2022: The Centre in January 2019 implemented the 10 per cent reservation for EWS from the general category by amending the Constitution.
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10% reservation for poorer sections (EWS) in admissions, jobs to continue: SC | 10 points
India | Nov 07, 2022, 11:42 PM ISTEWS reservation: Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Bela M Trivedi uphold the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act 2019, which provides for the 10 per cent EWS reservation amongst the general category.
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EWS quota in NEET-PG: SC lists batch of pleas for final hearing in April
Education | Mar 21, 2022, 07:35 PM ISTA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant said, “We will post these matters for final disposal in the month of April. We now have to hear the matter and everything is there in law. Parties concerned shall file their detailed written submission. We have upheld the 27 percent OBC quota and now we will confine ourselves to EWS criteria only”.
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President Ram Nath Kovind to inaugurate housing scheme for EWS in Gujarat today
India | Oct 29, 2021, 11:34 AM ISTGujarat assembly elections are expected to be held in 2022. In 2017 state election, BJP won 99 of the state's 182 Assembly seats, Congress got 77 seats.
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Maratha community eligible to avail benefit of EWS quota: Minister Nawab Malik
News | Jun 01, 2021, 06:20 PM ISTMaharashtra Government has decided to support the community that doesn't fall under any reservation category with Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation."Till there's no clarity on Maratha community reservation, state government has decided to support the community that doesn't come under any reservation category, with Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation.
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Telangana to implement 10 per cent quota for EWS
India | Jan 22, 2021, 12:57 PM ISTThe Telangana government has decided to implement 10 percent reservation to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the state, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced on Thursday.
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Telangana govt to implement 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections
India | Jan 21, 2021, 05:49 PM ISTNearly two years after the Centre announced 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in government jobs and educational institutions, the Telangana government on Thursday said it has decided to implement the quota in the state.
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Defence Ministry's quota proposal for arms unit apprentices rejected
India | Nov 05, 2019, 11:00 AM ISTThe employee federations of the state-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), parent organisation of the 41 arms manufacturing units across the country, have sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in the matter.
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Amit Shah to introduce Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha
National | Aug 04, 2019, 02:12 PM ISTHome Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill aims to implement 10 per cent Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Vacancies due to students not availing SEBC, EWS quota: Maharashtra Education Minister Shelar
Education | Jun 28, 2019, 04:53 PM ISTMaharashtra School Education Minister Ashish Shelar Friday told the state Assembly that students belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC), as well as the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), had not availed quota meant for them in junior college admissions, resulting in a large number of vacancies.
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SC seeks response from Centre, CBSE on plea seeking 10% reservation for EWS in CTET 2019
Education | May 16, 2019, 02:06 PM ISTThe Supreme Court Thursday sought responses from the Centre and CBSE on a plea seeking ten per cent reservation for economically weaker sections in Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), 2019. A vacation bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on the plea and asked them to respond to it by July 1, the next date of hearing.
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There cannot be any reservation in qualifying examinations, says SC
Education | May 13, 2019, 06:28 PM IST"For qualifying examinations there cannot be any reservation," the Supreme Court clarified on Monday while hearing a plea seeking 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker section in Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)-2019.
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Businessman faked poverty to admit his son under EWS category at a prominent school
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DDA's EWS flats scheme challenged in Delhi HC
India | Sep 03, 2014, 11:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: An organisation of slum dwellers on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging Delhi Development Authority (DDA)'s new housing scheme EWA (Economically Weaker Section).The plea seeks direction to the government to allot them