Need to remove 50% quota limit to facilitate reservation to Marathas; Centre should take steps: Ajit Pawar

Need to remove 50% quota limit to facilitate reservation to Marathas; Centre should take steps: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday said there is a need to remove the Supreme Court-mandated 50 per cent cap on quota so that the Maratha community can be granted reservation, and urged the central government to make changes in law to facilitate it. The Maratha community should get reservation, but it should … Read more

Not going to reopen decision on grant of reservation in promotion to SCs and STs: SC

Not going to reopen decision on grant of reservation in promotion to SCs and STs: SC

The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would not reopen its decision on granting reservation in promotions to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as it was for the states to decide how they implement it. Taking up various pleas pertaining to alleged hurdles in granting reservation in promotions to SCs and STs in various … Read more

Haryana to implement reservation in private jobs from May 1

Haryana to implement reservation in private jobs from May 1

Haryana’s private job reservation law which provide 75 per cent employment opportunities in private sector for people belonging to the state will come into force from May 1, said Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Friday while inaugurating the newly constructed flyover near village Bandhwadi on the Gurugram-Faridabad road. The deputy CM stated that after … Read more