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Opposition parties have decided to support the Constitution amendment bill which will be tabled for passage today. The bill seeks to restore the power that allowed states and UTs to make their own OBC lists.

Representative Image Andhra govt increases income limit for issuance of OBC certificate from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh ANI | Updated: Jul 15, 2021 08:23 IST Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government has enhanced the income limit for issuances of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) certificate from Rs 6 lakh per annum to Rs 8 lakh per annum. As per the government order issued on Wednesday, 10 per cent of reservations in admissions i...

Andhra Pradesh government has enhanced the income limit for issuances of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) certificate from Rs 6 lakh per annum to Rs 8 lakh per annum. As per the government order issued on Wednesday, 10 per cent of reservations in admissions into educational institutions and appointments in the posts and services for EWS have been made, as prescribed by the central government. Meanwhile, the state government has also increased the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) eligibility ca...

Maharashtra Assembly Passes Resolution Urging Centre To Bring Constitutional Amendment To Remove 50% Quota Ceiling PWD minister Ashok Chavan (Pic via Twitter) On Monday (5 July), the Maharashtra state government adopted a resolution in the assembly, urging the Centre to bring a Constitution amendment to remove the 50 per cent ceiling on the caste-based reservation to accommodate the Maratha community, reports Indian Express. The resolution was moved by state PWD minister Ashok Chavan on the fir...

Supreme Court rejects Centres Maratha reservation review plea The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition filed by the Centre in the Maratha reservation case. A five-judge Constitution bench said that the grounds taken in the review petition do not fall within the limited ground on which review petition can be considered, Bar and Bench reported. The Centre had filed a review petition in the court against its interpretation of the 102nd Constitutional amendment in the case. The court in ...

Addressing a press conference, state Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant claimed that the BJP-RSS connection of the office-bearers of Save Merit Save Nation organisation, which opposed the Maratha quota in the Supreme Court, is now out in the open

The Supreme Court has quashed the reservation for Marathas earlier this month. The Maratha reservation row in Maharashtra is set to escalate as the State unit of the Congress on Thursday alleged that a BJP office-bearer was leading the organisation that has been fighting against the quota for the community. “It is the BJP’s policy to pretend that they support Maratha reservation on one side and run a campaign on the other to prevent it. An organisation called Save Merit, Save Nation, which ...

Centre moves SC for review of verdict denuding states of power to declare SEBC SECTIONS Last Updated: May 14, 2021, 02:23 PM IST Share Synopsis The Centre has maintained that the amendment did not take away the power of the state governments to identify and declare SEBC and the two provisions which were inserted did not violated the federal structure. PTI The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of the May 5 majority verdict which held that 102nd Constitution amendment took away th...

Give Rs 3000-crore package to Maratha community: Maharashtra BJP SECTIONS Last Updated: May 14, 2021, 07:31 PM IST Share Synopsis Speaking to reporters in Kolhapur, some 375 kilometres from here, the partys Maharashtra unit chief Chandrakant Patil said the previous government under Devendra Fadnavis had proposed a formula to treat the Maratha community at par with the Other Backward Classes when it came to educational facilities and self-employment. Patil said the Uddhav Thackeray government mu...

Move SC afresh for raising Maratha quota limit: Devendra Fadnavis to Maharashtra government Speaking to reporters at the Nagpur airport, the former chief minister also accused the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government of passing the buck on the Maratha quota issue. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI NAGPUR: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the Maharashtra government should file a review petition in the Supreme Court to increase the 50 per cent ceiling on reserva...