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OBCs, the beneficiaries of 27% reservation in Central Govt jobs, are not a monolith. Within the OBC are hundreds of castes, all at different levels of marginalisation. States have long sought to dice the OBC quota to ensure equity, but subcategorisation at the central level has seen difficulties
While the book focuses on American women, in an increasingly globalised world many of her observations resonate elsewhere too — such as “the problem with no name”.
The case has travelled to two different Benches of the SC, raising crucial questions on the decisional autonomy of a woman to abort, and the legislative framework.
The Supreme Court has mentioned these crucial ideas while hearing a woman’s right to abort a 26-week pregnancy that she does not want. These concepts are important in the US, but not so much in India. What is this case, and why are these questions important?
These changes to the rules build on an earlier move to ease the issuing of mining leases and composite licences for 24 critical and strategic minerals, which are vital in key supply chains that include electric vehicle batteries, energy storage devices, and high-end motors.