Sc St Quota
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Bharat Bandh today: Will schools, colleges, banks, offices remain closed in Delhi-NCR?
India | Aug 21, 2024, 06:19 AM ISTBharat Bandh: The Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti has urged all business organisations to keep markets closed during the day-long protest. However, it is not clear if markets will remain shut or not.
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Kharge condemns SC's 'creamy layer' judgement, says govt should have nullified it through Parliament
India | Aug 10, 2024, 05:18 PM ISTThe Supreme Court had ruled that states must evolve a policy for identifying the creamy layer even among the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST) and deny them the benefit of reservation.
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JDU slams Tejashwi for his plans to undertake Bihar yatra to highlight NDA govt's failure
Bihar | Aug 04, 2024, 10:01 AM ISTSenior JD (U) leader and state minister Ashok Choudhary came out with a statement attacking RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, a day after the RJD leader announced his plans to undertake the yatra from August 15.
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Will strongly oppose any move to apply creamy layer criteria in quota for SCs/STs: Ramdas Athawale
Maharashtra | Aug 03, 2024, 02:30 PM ISTThe Supreme Court said that states are empowered to make sub-classifications of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for granting quotas inside the reserved category to uplift more underprivileged castes.
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Jharkhand govt raises reservations for SC, ST, others to 77 per cent
India | Sep 15, 2022, 07:49 AM ISTJharkhand govt on Wednesday also gave its nod to a proposal to use the 1932 land records to determine those who are local inhabitants.
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Rules modified to enable quota for SC, ST and women in DDC in Jammu and Kashmir
India | Oct 24, 2020, 11:12 PM ISTThe Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday amended the Panchayati Raj rules, making provision for reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women in the district development councils.
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Lok Sabha passes bill to extend SC-ST quota in legislatures by 10 years
India | Dec 10, 2019, 08:12 PM ISTLok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Constitution amendment bill to extend reservation to SCs and STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another ten years, with Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asserting that the quota in legislatures was required to build a new political leadership of the two communities.
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Union cabinet approves SC/ST reservation in Lok Sabha, state assemblies
India | Dec 04, 2019, 11:04 AM ISTThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to extend the reservation for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies for another 10 years, highly placed sources said. The reservation for these categories in the LS and the assemblies was to expire on January 25, 2020.
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Representation of SCs, STs in Government jobs above prescribed percentage: Government
India | Jul 17, 2019, 06:07 PM ISTThe representation of SC and ST members in central government services is more than the prescribed percentage while that of other backward classes is lower, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
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Benami flats in Adarsh were bought under SC/ST quotas: CBI
India | Mar 28, 2014, 10:07 PM ISTMumbai: Many of the ‘benami' flats (the flats held in the name of a proxy buyer) in the scam-tainted Adarsh Society here were purchased under the quotas for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and ‘weaker sections