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Striking down the 10.5 per cent reservation order the court asked whether such reservation can be made without proper caste wise population data.  

Invoking ‘merit’ to deny affirmative action has a long history in India. But it is not supported by any empirical evidence.

Rahul Gandhi's attack came after the government came out with the national asset monetisation pipeline to garner Rs 6 lakh crore in the coming years.

When It Comes To Reservations, the Supreme Court Needs To Change Its Approach While the observations made by judges during the Maratha reservation hearing are not binding, their texture means that the statements must not be ignored or read in isolation. A signboard is seen outside the premises of Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, September 28, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis “For how many generations will reservations continue?” “This may be a beginning; all reservations may go and only EWS may remain, but these are all policies.”  “It was for the Governme...

At IITs, PhD Applicants from Marginalised Communities Have Much Lower Acceptance Rate Data covering PhD admissions to major IITs between 2015 and 2019 shows that none of them fulfilled the government-mandated reservation policy for SC and ST students. A view of IIT Delhi. Credit: Bryn Pinzgauer/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Rights15/Feb/2021 New Delhi: Scholars from marginalised communities are significantly underrepresented in PhD programmes at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country and applicants from these communities also have a lower acceptance rate. The Hindu in a three-part series,...