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NCP wants reservation for Muslims in govt jobs, education

Published On: 06th April 2010

By Ishpreet Bindra

In a statement demanding reservations for backward Muslims in the country, the National Congress Party’s national general secretary Tariq Anwar, not only applauded the Supreme Court's interim decision granting permission to Andhra Pradesh for providing 4 percent reservation for backward Muslims in jobs and education; he also took the opportunity to criticize the ABVP for protesting against the Bihar government’s plan of opening up the state branch of Aligarh Muslim University in Kishanganj district.

Related Tags: Reservation Quota, Muslim Reservation, National Congress Party, Tariq Anwar

Centre decides to back UP on reservations in private institutes

Published On: 27th March 2010

By Pallavi Kulkarni

Even as UP government’s regulated law of providing reservation quota for SCs/STs/OBCs in private institutions including engineering and medical colleges is facing challenges, the central government has decided to support the state government’s move. The HRD ministry (MHRD) sources revealed that the government is supporting the law because it was within the provisions of Article 15 (5) of the Constitution.

Related Tags: Private Institutions, MHRD, UP Government, 93rd Constitution Amendment, Foreign Education Bill, Reservation Quota

PPP universities to follow different quota norms

Published On: 30th January 2010

By Staff Writer

The HRD ministry (MHRD) has proposed two kinds of reservation policy in its concept note on the setting of 14 Innovation Universities where some of these varsities will be directly funded by the government and some will be funded in public-private participation (PPP) mode.

Related Tags: MHRD, Innovation Universities, Reservation Quota, Public-Private Partnership

Kerala HC calls for reduction in education quota

Published On: 14th January 2010

By Lakshmi Anil

Remarking on the educational privileges that the so-called ‘under-privileged’ sections of Kerala society has been enjoying for so long, the Kerala High Court in its landmark judgment made on Wednesday said that the government's ‘over indulgence’ in providing such benefits would only ‘stunt the growth’ of such communities.

Related Tags: Kerala High Court, Muslim Jamath Council, Reservation Quota

Ranganath commissions seeks 15% quota for ‘Dalit minorities’

Published On: 20th December 2009

Ranganath commissions seeks 15% quota for ‘Dalit minorities’ By Praveen Singh

Defying the constitutional restriction that forbids Christian and Muslim Dalits access to reservation, the Ranganath Commission has recommended Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Hindu converts to Christianity and Islam. The Commission also seeks a 10 percent reservation for Muslims and 5 percent for other minorities in government jobs. 

Related Tags: Ranganath Commission, Reservation Quota, Minorities Reservation

Govt. likely to amend Right to Education Act

Published On: 03rd October 2009

By Ishpreet Bindra

It seems that after much deliberation by the government and protests by the minority groups the government is finally showing signs of relenting. It is likely that in the coming months the government shall amend the Right to Education Act and plug the quota and local representative loop holes, so vehemently objected to by the minority bodies.

Related Tags: Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, Reservation Quota, Minority Groups, MHRD

Karunanidhi demands 50% reservation in central unis for rural students

Published On: 01st October 2009

By Ishpreet Bindra

As the government has started implementing its plan to set up 14 central universities across the nation, demands for reservations and quotas too have started piling in. Making a similar such demand, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, while speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of the central university at Thiruvarur, urged the government to ensure a 50 percent seat reservation for students from rural areas in all central universities.

Related Tags: Reservation Quota, M. Karunanidhi, Central Universities

Foreign institutions not to be bound by quota law

Published On: 29th September 2009

By Ishpreet Bindra

As new developments take place in the Indian education sector’s laws and norms, it is becoming evident that foreign universities and educational institutes, planning to set up campus in India shall be free from the mandatory quota law for SC/ST and OBC, binding all other government run institutions in India.

Related Tags: Foreign Universities, MHRD, Reservation Quota

AP minority seats come under convener quota

Published On: 25th September 2009

By Lakshmi Anil

The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has chosen to take in the unoccupied management quota seats of both private engineering colleges (Single Window-II) and Christian minority colleges (Single Window- III) under the convener quota.

Related Tags: Reservation Quota, Minority Quota, APSCHE

Maya trains guns on private colleges to implement SC/ST, OBC fee cuts

Published On: 09th September 2009

By Ishpreet Bindra

Having crossed the hurdle of bringing a reservation quota of 50 percent for students belonging to Scheduled Castes/Tribes (SC/ST) and other backward classes (OBC) in private technical educational institutes; the Mayavati Government now has its eyes set on the next target. New on its agenda is the implementation of fee concession for these categories of students in the private colleges.

Related Tags: UPTU, Mayawati, Quota Student Fee, Reservation Quota

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