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Union Cabinet gives nod to amend Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950

December 17, 2015

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order Amendment Bill, 2015 in the Parliament. The Bill seeks to amend Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 in order to modify the list ..

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MP Government announces 33 percent quota for women in government jobs

October 28, 2015

Madhya Pradesh government has decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in government jobs. Decision in this regard was taken by state cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. With this, the reservation to women in ..

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Rajasthan Government notifies 5% quota for Gujjars and other SBCs

October 17, 2015

Rajasthan government has issued a notification to provide 5 per cent quota to Gujjars and other Special Backward Classes (SBC). The notification was issued by state government under the Rajasthan Special Backward Classes Reservation Act, 2015. The Act came into ..

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Rajasthan Assembly passes two bills on Reservation

September 23, 2015

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly has passed two bills to provide reservation in educational institutions and government jobs to economically backward classes (EBC) and special backward classes (SBC) including Gujjars. Two Bills are Rajasthan Special Backward Classes Reservation Bill, 2015: Provides five ..

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SC rejects Centre's review plea seeking OBC status for Jats

July 23, 2015

Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the review pleas filed by the Union Government and Jat organisations seeking OBC status to the Jat community. Union Government and Jat organisations had filed a plea filed in SC seeking revival of apex court’s ..

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Union Cabinet approves 33% reservation for women in police forces of UTs, Delhi

March 20, 2015

Union Cabinet on 20 March 2015 approved 33 percent reservation for women in police forces of all seven Union Territories (UTs) including Delhi Police. This decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New ..

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 Supreme Court rejects reservation to Jats under OBC quota

March 17, 2015

Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the notification issued by Union Government to include Jats in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) for the benefit of reservation. The Supreme Court (SC) held that Union Government took this decision by ..

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Maharashtra government scraps 5% education quota for Muslims

March 5, 2015

Maharashtra government has scrapped 5 per cent job quota for Muslims in the state. In this regard Devendra Fadnavis led BJP-Shiv Sena government has released a Government Resolution (GR). The GR also states that an ordinance to provide 5 per ..

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Bihar government announces 35% reservation for women in non-gazetted government jobs

February 19, 2015

Bihar government has announced 35% reservation for women in non-gazetted government jobs in group C and D grade. This decision was taken at state cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. The cabinet meeting also took following decisions ..

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Reservation in India

March 10, 2013

This Article on story of Reservation in India refers to Articles 14, 15, 16 and Constitution 117th amendment Bill, 2012. At the time of latest update of this article, this bill had lapsed. Article 14 of our constitution says that ..