Tag: Reservation

JAIPUR, Apr 13: The BJP will neither end reservations nor allow anyone to do it, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday and accused the Congress of spreading a misconception that the ruling party wants to abolish quota for the Dalits, tribals and backwards.   “(Prime Minister Narendra) ...

New Delhi The Congress on Friday promised to give ₹1 lakh a year as cash transfer to women from poor families, abolish the Agnipath scheme of army recruitment, restore statehood to Jammu & Kashmir, remove the 50% cap on caste-based reservation, waive student loans, conduct a caste census, and ...

However, the political observers in J&K believe that in the absence of the latest census and in light of the delimitation of electoral seats in 2022, expanding the reservation quotas is clearly a part of the BJP’s electoral strategy ahead of the forthcoming elections. As The Quint reported in 2022, the delimitation ...

Interacts with 120-member delegation of Pahari Community Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with the 120-member delegation of Pahari Community at Raj Bhawan on Monday.The Lt Governor reiterated the commitment of the UT Administration to ensure that the benefits of Scheduled Tribes reservation is extended to Pahari, Padari, Koli ...

Srinagar Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the bill aimed at providing Reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir, a day after it was introduced in the lower house of the Parliament.”With this, justice will be ensured to the citizens of Other Backward Classes ...

Rahul Gandhi claimed that Dalits, tribals, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) were made bonded labourers and their participation was lacking in big companies, hospitals, schools, colleges and courts Published Date - 5 February 2024, 05:54 PM Photo: Screen-grabbed from X. Ranchi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 22: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond within two weeks to a plea by a Congress leader seeking immediate implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Act-2023 so that one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies can be reserved ...

BARAMULLA, Jan 16: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday asserted that panchayat and urban local bodies polls would “definitely” be conducted in the Union territory after the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is implemented.He alleged that those who deprived the local bodies of funds during ...

BARAMULLA, Jan 16:  Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday asserted that panchayat and urban local bodies polls would “definitely” be conducted in the Union territory after the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is implemented.   He alleged that those who deprived the local bodies of ...

JAMMU: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha approved carrying out amendments in Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 to incorporate definition of OBCs in the Act for ensuring their reservation in this grassroots democratic institution. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, ...