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With the National Commission for Backward Classes reportedly having given its nod to a key recommendation of the B.P. Sharma committee, a large section of OBCs stands to forfeit eligibility for reservations. Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot’s casual remark that the recommendation is nothing new doesn’t help matters, reports Nawal Kishore Kumar

Since 2014, despite obtaining the requisite rank in the UPSC examination, as many as 55 OBC candidates have been denied appointment to the IAS and at least 15 OBC candidates have accepted appointment to lesser services under the general category

In the Rajya Sabha, Vijila Sathyananth spoke about ‘the great injustice’ in the factoring in of salaries in the annual income of OBC government employees to determine whether their children are eligible for reservation

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Recently appointed chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Higher Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission, Justice (retd) V. Eshwaraiah talks about how the creamy-layer principle has been used unjustly to deny OBCs their rightful 27 per cent reservation and how he plans to set that right

While the reserved quota and its implementation will continue to be indequate for the OBCs, the 10 per cent quota for the hitherto unreserved categories will be fulfilled from the year in which it is rolled out (2019), thereby increasing inequality between the upper castes and backward classes in multiple spheres, writes P.N. Sankaran

BJP legislator Savitribai Phule has called a rally on December 16 in Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. One might guess from her recent announcements that she is in a rebellious mood. Forward Press tried to find out why she is angry with the government

The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has to clarify its stand on whether the backwardness among SCs and STs persists to the extent that they need reservation in promotion. Besides, the issue pertaining to the creamy layer among SCs and STs is also vital. A Forward Press report

The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has to clarify its stand on whether the backwardness among SCs and STs persists to the extent that they need reservation in promotion. Besides, the issue pertaining to the creamy layer among SCs and STs is also vital. A Forward Press report

In 2006, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, delivering the judgment in the M. Nagaraj case, had ruled that the government is not bound to give reservation in promotions to the SCs and STs and also that the creamy-layer formulation cannot be applied to the two communities. Now, a decade on, another Supreme Court bench is considering a review of both those rulings