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EWS quota does not violate the 50% limit in Indra Sawhney judgment: govt.

Social Justice Ministry clarifies 103rd Amendment does not breach 50% ceiling on reservation set by Indra Sawhney judgment.

The Hindu

Can Bihar increase its reservation pool? | Explained

Bihar Gov. approves two laws increasing reservations to 75%, sparking debate around permissible limits. Supreme Court has historically maintained 50% limit, but exceptions exist. Gov. will have to prove laws fall within exception & defend motive behind move. Other States have already breached 50% limit. Supreme Court may be urged…

The Hindu

Bespoken Word – Are e-bikes the future of enduro and everything else?

Guy Kesteven has been talking to legendary MTB champion and consistent innovator, Tracy Moseley, about powering up the future of not just Enduro but riding in general

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Zelle makes a big change to its fraud policy

Political pressure combined with market pressure has forced big changes on the Zelle payment network.

The Street

Morning Digest | Kevin McCarthy becomes the first Speaker ever to be ousted in a U.S. House vote; Delhi Police arrest NewsClick founder, HR head in alleged terror case and more

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The Hindu

With justice question back, BJP’s harmony platform faces fresh challenge

RSS established Samajik Samrasta Manch in '83 to reach out to subalterns. Contest between harmony & justice, hierarchy & equality has been ongoing for 40 yrs. BJP & RSS have responded to subaltern ambitions, while social justice parties have struggled to live up to their promise. BJP's 10% EWS quota…

The Hindu

Arguments in EWS verdict may serve as a shot in the arm for seeking more quota post Bihar caste survey

Supreme Court's EWS ruling may spur OBCs to seek reservation over 50% limit, citing data from Bihar survey. Court had held that 50% limit was not "inflexible or inviolable" and that reservation can be made in "march towards an all-inclusive egalitarian society". SC had noted that "special case" can be…

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Lokesh vows to hold those making graft charges against him accountable

Nara Lokesh, VIJAYAWADA TDP nat'l gen. sec., vowed to not spare those who spread malicious propaganda against him. He accused APSSDC former chairman Ajay Reddy & a vernacular media house of falsely accusing him of a scam. He also claimed CM Jagan Mohan Reddy was trying to jail him &…

The Hindu

DU announces first allocation list for UG admissions

Delhi University on Tuesday announced its first allocation list for admission to its Undergraduate Programs (UG) under the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS)- UG- 2023. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Jagan to lay foundation for construction of houses for EWS category at Krishnayapalem under CRDA region on July 24

AP Govt. to construct 50,793 houses in CRDA region for poor women, at a cost of ₹1,829.57 crore. 45 social infrastructure projects, including 11 anganwadi centres, 11 schools, 11 digital libraries & 12 hospitals, to be built at a cost of ₹73.74 crore. Women beneficiaries to receive house sites free…

The Hindu

R5 zone in Amaravati | HC reserves its verdict on construction of houses

HC reserves judgment on proposed EWS houses in Amaravati's R-5 zone. Farmers argue allotment of sites to outsiders violates AP-CRDA Act & Land Pooling Scheme Rules.

The Hindu

‘Three capitals’ in Andhra Pradesh

The government’s decision has brought the development of Amaravati to a halt

The Hindu

Supreme Court rejects petitions seeking review of EWS quota judgment

Supreme Court has dismissed petitions seeking a review of a November 2022 majority judgment by a Constitution Bench, which upheld the validity of 10% quota for the ‘economically weaker sections’ (EWS) of society.

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Andhra Pradesh: Amaravati farmers continue protest against move to allot house sites for EWS in R5 Zone

The Amaravati farmers charge the government with altering the original Master Plan, as per which an IT and Electronics City is to be developed in the zone

The Hindu

R-5 Zone case: Supreme Court to hear Amaravati farmers’ SLP next week

The Supreme Court will take up the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Amaravati farmers against the allotment of house sites to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the R-5 zone for hearing next week

Al Jazeera

Why 10% quota for ‘economically weak’ in India has caused uproar

Controversy over 10 percent quota in jobs and education given to so-called Economically Weaker Sections category.

Newslaundry

‘Welcome’ but ‘leaves discomfort in its wake’: Split verdict among newspaper edits on EWS quota

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment that provides 10 percent reservation in admissions and government jobs to economically weaker sections.

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Dynamite News

SC Upholds Validity Of 103rd Constitution Amendment Providing 10 Per Cent Reservation To EWS

The Supreme Court, by a majority view of 3:2, on Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to people belonging to economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

SC reserves order on pleas challenging Centre's 10% EWS quota

Petitions have challenged validity of Constitutional Amendment which provides 10% reservation to economically weaker sections

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Ukraine conflict of ‘profound concern’, Jaishankar tells UNSC; Supreme Court questions logic behind EWS quota, and more

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The Hindu

EWS quota claims to be for poorest of poor, but denies most deprived: Supreme Court

50% limit on reservation not inviolable, says govt.

The Hindu

Will EWS quota cut share of pie of those competing on merit, asks CJI

‘The 50% seats, jobs available in the general category are open to all’

The Hindu

EWS quota does not erode rights of scheduled communities, OBCs: Centre tells Supreme Court

So far as the SCs and STs are concerned, they have been loaded with benefits by way of affirmative actions, K.K. Venugopal says

Newslaundry

Delhi government hospital ‘forcing’ EWS patients to pay for dialysis?

On September 14, Jitendra Pal Singh, 32, a kidney patient in Delhi’s Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, was allegedly told to sign an undertaking by the hospital authorities.

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