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Will EWS quota cut share of pie of those competing on merit, asks CJI

‘The 50% seats, jobs available in the general category are open to all’

The Hindu · Sep 21, 2022

EWS quota does not erode rights of scheduled communities, OBCs: Centre tells Supreme Court

So far as the SCs and STs are concerned, they have been loaded with benefits by way of affirmative actions, K.K. Venugopal says

The Hindu · Sep 20, 2022

Delhi government hospital ‘forcing’ EWS patients to pay for dialysis?

On September 14, Jitendra Pal Singh, 32, a kidney patient in Delhi’s Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, was allegedly told to sign an undertaking by the hospital authorities.

Newslaundry · Sep 20, 2022

Society for the Rights of Backward Communities demands to declare EWS quota unconstitutional

V. Rathinasabapathy, President of SFRBC, told the presspersons that the Supreme Court in its earlier Orders has said that reservation cannot be interpreted as a poverty alleviation measure.

The Hindu · Sep 12, 2022

Supreme Court fixes three key questions for examining EWS quota

The three issues include whether the amendment breaches the Basic Structure by permitting the State to make special provisions, including reservation, based on economic criteria.

The Hindu · Sep 8, 2022

Does EWS quota violate Basic Structure? Constitution Bench asks Union, States, parties to ‘crystallise’ their thoughts by Thursday

Economic reservation was introduced in the Constitution by amending Articles 15 and 16 and adding clauses empowering the State governments to provide reservation on the basis of economic backwardness

The Hindu · Sep 6, 2022

Explained | What is India’s policy on the Rohingya?

Can refugees who feel threatened in their home nation be deported? What are the government’s obligations?  

The Hindu · Aug 20, 2022

Kejriwal distributing freebies to Rohingyas, ready to compromise on national security, alleges BJP

The BJP and the AAP have been engaged in a war of words on the issue of shifting Rohingya Muslims to flats

The Hindu · Aug 18, 2022

No 10% Economically Weaker Sections quota this year too in Karnataka

The State Cabinet resolved to implement EWS quota in education and employment in July 2021, but the govt. is yet to frame rules

The Hindu · Jul 29, 2022

Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order asking AAP govt to try to clear backlog of unfilled EWS seats in pvt schools

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Delhi High Court order directing the AAP government to try and clear the backlog of unfilled EWS seats in private schools in the next five years.

The Times of India · Jul 19, 2022