Introduction: Mention recent state laws on reservation for locals. Body: Write the impact of these laws on the fundamental rights in detail. Conclusion: Give a way forward. The Constitution has established India as one nation with all citizens having equal fundamental rights to live, travel and work anywhere in the country. In the last three… Continue reading [Answered] State Laws that limit the rights of out-of-state citizens are antithetical to the idea of India as one nation. How do these laws impact the fundamental rights of the citizens? Explain.
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Reservation on hiring
News Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 is all set to be implemented from 15th January 2022. Read more: Concerns associated with Local Reservation Laws What are the provisions of the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act? It provides for a 75% job quota for local people in private sector jobs which offer… Continue reading Reservation on hiring
CJI voices support for 50% representation for women in judiciary
What is the News? Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana has backed 50% representation for women in the judiciary. Women and Judiciary Women constitute only about 30% of the subordinate judiciary. In High Courts, women judges constitute 11.5%. In the Supreme Court, we currently have four women Justices out of the sitting 33. That makes… Continue reading CJI voices support for 50% representation for women in judiciary
Supreme Court sets aside Madras High Court remarks on EWS quota
What is the News? The Supreme Court has set aside the observations in the Madras High Court’s order, which said that the reservation for Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) in the NEET-All India Quota can be implemented only with the approval of the Supreme Court. Background Recently, the Government of India had announced a 27% reservation for… Continue reading Supreme Court sets aside Madras High Court remarks on EWS quota
Jharkhand clears Bill for 75% quota for locals in private jobs
What is the News? The Jharkhand Assembly has passed the Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in the Private Sector Bill, 2021. Must read: Job reservation in private sector for locals Key Provisions of the bill Reservation for Local Candidates: The Bill provides for 75% reservation to local residents in private sector jobs with… Continue reading Jharkhand clears Bill for 75% quota for locals in private jobs
Redefining the reservation policy
Synopsis: Political parties should consider making substantive changes to the way reservation is implemented. Contents1 Introduction2 Why there is a demand for Caste Based Census?3 What are the constitutional provisions?4 What are the court judgements?5 Why sub categorization is required?6 What are the important issues that need to be addressed?7 What we need to do… Continue reading Redefining the reservation policy
The key to revitalising India’s reservation system
Synopsis: A Socio-economic caste-based census becomes a necessary precondition to initiate any meaningful reform. Contents1 Introduction2 What is the problem with the current system?3 How does insufficiency of data impact policymaking?4 What needs to be done?5 What can be the way ahead? Introduction Recently, the central government’s decision to introduce reservations for Other Backward Classes… Continue reading The key to revitalising India’s reservation system
Income and quotas
Source: The Hindu Syllabus: GS 2 – Fundamental rights Relevance: To understand dimensions of creamy layer Synopsis: Supreme Court (SC) lays bare the limit of using economic criteria to determine reservation ability SC ruled that economic criteria alone cannot be used to classify “creamy layer” members of Backward Class (BC). Apart from the economic criterion,… Continue reading Income and quotas
‘Economic criterion not sole basis for creamy layer’
Source: The Hindu What is the News? In Pichhra Varg Kalyan Mahasabha Haryana v. State of Haryana) case, the Supreme Court has stated that economic criterion cannot be the sole basis for identifying sections of backward communities as ‘creamy layer’. What was the case? A petition was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the two… Continue reading ‘Economic criterion not sole basis for creamy layer’
Quota benefit cant be availed simultaneously in 2 states
Source: The Hindu Recently, the Supreme Court clarifies its stand on the reservation in reorganised states. The court held that a person can claim benefits in either of the successor states. About the Supreme Court (SC) verdict: The court ruled that a person cannot claim the benefit of reservation simultaneously in both the successor states upon… Continue reading Quota benefit cant be availed simultaneously in 2 states
