Dalits who have "ameliorated their social status" by converting to Christianity or Islam cannot claim to be backward since "backwardness based on untouchability is only prevalent in the Hindu society or its branches", the government said in an affidavit.
The plea says that the forward caste population is only 6% of the country's population, yet 10% of seats in government educational institutions and jobs will be provided to the 'poor of the forward caste' due to the EWS quota.
With the passage of the ordinance, which was in accordance with the Justice Nagamohan Das committee report, the reservation for the SCs will increase from the existing 15% to 17%. For the STs, it will be 7%, going up from the existing 3%.
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
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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, flies in the face of the common defence put forward by these institutes that they have fewer PhD scholars from marginalised communities due to the lack of applicants.
UPSC s Reserve List Is Not Waiting List: Jitendra Singh
Since CSE-2002, the Commission maintains a confidential consolidated reserve list that includes candidates from general and reserved categories. File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-11T14:25:30+05:30 UPSC s Reserve List Is Not Waiting List: Jitendra Singh outlookindia.com 2021-02-11T14:32:29+05:30
Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the reserve list released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after the declaration of civil services examination is not the waiting list but a routine procedure. Reserve list is not the waiting list. It is a routine procedure, Singh told PTI.