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“Social justice movements in modern India transformed democratic participation by challenging entrenched hierarchies.” Assess the contribution of anti-caste and backward class movements in reshaping democratic representation and governance in India. Examine their social consequences.

Topic: Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country. Q2. “Social justice movements in modern India transformed democratic participation by challenging entrenched hierarchies.” Assess the contribution of anti-caste and backward class movements in reshaping democratic representation and governance in India. Examine their social consequences. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: IE Why the question Social justice …

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Justice G. Rohini Commission

  Source: TH  Context: The Justice G. Rohini Commission, tasked with sub-categorising Other Backward Classes (OBC) caste groups, has submitted its report to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment after nearly six years. Formed in 2017 and led by former Delhi High Court Chief Justice G. Rohini, the commission aimed to examine the concentration …

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Reservation for Dalit converts: SC to decide on hearing petitions

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Parliament-Structure, functioning and conduct of business, institutions and bodies for the protection of vulnerable sections of society   Source: TH  Direction: The article highlights the issues related to the inclusion/exclusion of communities in the SC list.   Context: The SC stated it would consider whether to wait for the Justice K.G. …

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Isn’t reservation for the poor a good thing?

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors   Source: TH  Direction: The article discusses what repercussions the EWS judgement can have on the reservation policy with some suggestions to reform the reservation policy. This is a very good analysis of both sides of the issue.   Context: The SC …

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Government lays down norms for quota in promotions:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important constitutional amendments.   Context: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked all departments of the Central Government to collect the data on inadequacy of representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes before implementing the policy of reservation in promotion in government offices.   Specified conditions: The DoPT …

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Quota in promotions:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important constitutional amendments.   Context: The Supreme Court has turned down the Union government’s plea to do away with the requirement of collecting quantifiable data by the Centre and states to determine the representation of people belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) while implementing reservation in promotion. …

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50% Reservation Limit:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.   Context: A UPSC aspirant has approached the Supreme Court seeking to quash the final result dated September 24, 2021 declared by UPSC for Civil Services Examination 2020 to the extent it violates the 50% reservation ceiling.   …

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No SC, ST, OBC quota for NRIs appearing for NEET

GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.   Context: Recent clarification by the Ministry of Health that aspiring candidates for NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) can only opt for one quota category. More on this news: NRI students belonging to SC, …

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Trace the evolution of the concept of ‘creamy layer’ with respect to identifying a Backward Class for reservation. Do you think the concept should be applied to reservation among Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes communities? Critically Analyse.

Topic: Indian Constitution—historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. 3. Trace the evolution of the concept of ‘creamy layer’ with respect to identifying a Backward Class for reservation. Do you think the concept should be applied to reservation among Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes communities? Critically Analyse. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Reference: The …

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SC sets aside Haryana order creating a sub-category of creamy layer

GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: Supreme Court has quashed Haryana government’s notification. It said economic criterion can’t be sole basis to decide ‘creamy layer’.   What is Reservation? In simple terms, it is all about reserving …

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Insights into Editorial: Providing horizontal quota: the Bihar way

    Context: The Bihar government recently announced 33% horizontal reservation for women in State engineering and medical colleges. While reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) is referred to as vertical reservation. Horizontal reservation refers to the equal opportunity provided to other categories of …

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