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Reservation in India

Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that provides historically disadvantaged groups representation in education, employment, government schemes, scholarships and politics. Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to set reserved quotas or seats, at particular percentage in Education Admissions, Employments, Political Bodies, Promotions, etc, for "socially and educationally backward citizens."[1][2][3]

History edit

Before independence edit

Quota systems favouring certain castes and other communities existed before independence in several areas of British India. Demands for various forms of positive discrimination had been made, for example, in 1882 and 1891.[4] Chatrapati Shahu, the Maharaja of the princely state of Kolhapur, introduced reservation in favor of non-Brahmin and backward classes, much of which came into effect in 1902. He provided free education to everyone and opened several hostels to make it easier for them to receive it. He also tried to ensure that people thus educated were suitably employed, and he appealed both for a class-free India and the abolition of untouchability. His 1902 measures created 50 percent reservation for backward communities.[5] In 1918, at the behest of several non-Brahmin organizations criticizing Brahmin domination of administration, the Mysore Raja Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar created a committee to implement reservations for non-Brahmins in government jobs and education over the opposition of his Diwan M. Viswesvaraya, who resigned in protest.[6] On 16 September 1921, the first Justice Party government passed the first Communal Government Order (G. O. # 613), thereby becoming the first elected body in the Indian legislative history to legislate reservations, which have since become standard across the country.

The British Raj introduced elements of reservation in the Government of India Act of 1909 and there were many other measures put in place prior to independence.[4] A significant one emerged from the Round Table Conference of June 1932, when the Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay MacDonald, proposed the Communal Award, according to which separate representation was to be provided for Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, and Europeans. The depressed classes, roughly corresponding to the STs and SCs, were assigned a number of seats to be filled by election from constituencies in which only they could vote, although they could also vote in other seats. The proposal was controversial: Mahatma Gandhi fasted in protest against it but many among the depressed classes, including B. R. Ambedkar, had to favor it. After negotiations, Gandhi reached an agreement with Ambedkar to have a single Hindu electorate, with Dalits having seats reserved within it. Electorates for other religions, such as Islam and Sikhism, remained separate. This became known as the Poona Pact.[7]

After independence edit

After the independence of India in 1947 there were some major initiatives in favor of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs) and after the 1980s in favour of OBCs (Other Backward Castes) and in 2019 for poor in the general category. The country's affirmative action program was launched in 1950 and is the oldest such programme in the world.[8]

A common form of caste discrimination in India was the practice of untouchability. SCs were the primary targets of the practice, which was outlawed by the new Constitution of India.[9]

In 1954, the Ministry of Education suggested that 20 percent of places should be reserved for the SCs and STs in educational institutions with a provision to relax minimum qualifying marks for admission by 5 percent wherever required. In 1982, it was specified that 15 percent and 7.5 percent of vacancies in public sector and government-aided educational institutes should be reserved for the SC and ST candidates, respectively.[10]

A significant change began in 1979 when the Mandal Commission or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Commission was established to assess the situation of the socially and educationally backward classes.[11] The commission did not have exact population figures for the OBCs and so used data from the 1931 census, thus estimating the group's population at 52 per cent.[12] In 1980, the commission's report recommended that a reserved quota for OBCs of 27 per cent should apply in respect of services and public sector bodies operated by the Union Government. It called for a similar change to admissions to institutes of higher education, except where states already had more generous requirements.[11] It was not until the 1990s that the recommendations were implemented in Union Government jobs.[13] In 2019 the government announces the 10% reservation in educational institutions and government jobs for economically weaker section of the general category.

The Constitution of India states in article 15(4): "Nothing in [article 15] or in clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially, and educationally backward classes of citizens of or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes."[14] Article 46 of the Constitution states that "The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation."[15]

The Supreme Court of India ruled in 1992 that reservations could not exceed 50 percent, anything above which it judged would violate equal access as guaranteed by the Constitution. It thus put a cap on reservations.[16] However, the recent amendment of the constitution exceeds 50% and also there are state laws that exceed this 50 percent limit and these are under litigation in the Supreme Court. For example, in the State of Tamil Nadu, the caste-based reservation stands at 69 percent and applies to about 87 percent of the population.

On 7 November 2022, Supreme Court of India by a 3:2 verdict in Janhit Abhiyan vs Union Of India Writ Petition (Civil) No(S). 55 OF 2019, upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment carried out to provide legal sanction carve out 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections from unreserved classes for admission in educational institutions and government jobs[17] and held that the 50% cap on quota is not inviolable and affirmative action on economic basis may go a long way in eradicating caste-based reservation.[18][19] This constitutional amendment pushed the total reservation to 59.50% in central institutions.

Reservation schemes edit

 
Caste reservations in universities and jobs of the Central Govt.

In employment edit

Government and public sector will hire job seekers based on reservation percentage from two different categories 1: reservation category (SC, ST, OBC, EWC and other minorities) 2: Open category (General, SC, ST, OBC, EWC and other minorities). While hiring, major priority is given to reservation category including 33% reservation for Women, priority in hiring is given by Other Minorities women, ST women, SC women, ST Men, SC Men, OBC women, OBC Men, EWS Women, EWS Men and then after Open category Will be considered. Government and public sector hiring based on Merit in open category and one more anomaly here i.e., Priority in hiring will be given by: Other Minorities women, ST women, SC women, ST Men, SC Men, OBC women, OBC Men, EWC Women, EWC Men and then General if they are equally eligibility (for example having same marks or Rank). The landmark initiative of Special Recruitment for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe in Government jobs was started in Kerala in 1972 by Vella Eacharan. The 1993 Supreme Court ruling in the Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India case said that reservations in job promotions are "unconstitutional" or not in accordance with the political constitution but allowed its continuation for five years.[20][16] In 1995, the 77th amendment to the Constitution was made to amend Article 16 before the five-year period expired to continue with reservations for SC/STs in promotions.[21] It was further modified through the 85th amendment to give the benefit of consequential seniority to SC/ST candidates promoted by reservation.[22]

The 81st amendment was made to the Constitution to permit the government to treat the backlog of reserved vacancies as a separate and distinct group, to which the ceiling of 50 per cent did not apply.[23] The 82nd amendment inserted a provision in Article 335 to enable states to give concessions to SC/ST candidates in promotion.[24]

The validity of all the above four amendments was challenged in the Supreme Court through various petitions clubbed together in M. Nagaraj & Others Vs. Union of India & Others, mainly on the ground that these altered the Basic Structure of the Constitution. In 2006, the Supreme Court upheld the amendments but stipulated that the concerned state will have to show, in each case, the existence of "compelling reasons" - which include "backwardness", "inadequacy of representation" and overall "administrative efficiency - before making provisions for reservation. The court further held that these provisions are merely enabling provisions. If a state government wishes to make provisions for reservation to SC/STs in the promotion, the state has to collect quantifiable data showing backwardness of the class and inadequacy of representation of that class.[25]

In 2007, the Government of Uttar Pradesh introduced reservation in job promotions. However, citing the Supreme Court decision, the policy was ruled to be unconstitutional by the Allahabad High Court in 2011.[26] The decision was challenged in the Supreme Court, which upheld it in 2012 by rejecting the government's argument because it failed to furnish sufficient valid data to justify the move to promote employees on a caste basis.[27]

In education edit

Universities allot seats based on reservation percentage from two different categories are 1: reservation category (SC, ST, OBC, EWC and other minorities) 2:Open category (General, SC, ST, OBC, EWS and other minorities). In allotment, Major priority given to reservation category including 33% reservation for Women, priority in allotting is given by Other Minorities women, ST women, SC women, ST Men, SC Men, OBC women, OBC Men, EWC Women, EWC Men and then after Open category Will be considered. Government Universities will allot based on priority by: Other Minorities women, ST women, SC women, ST Men, SC Men, OBC women, OBC Men, EWC Women, EWC Men & then General and reservation percentage under consideration for entrance exams fees, for cut off marks, for allotment of seats and also applicable to other government schemes.

In India student aids are available for—SCs, STs, BCs, OBCs, women, Muslims, and other minorities. Only about 0.7% of student aids in India is based on merit.[28]

States edit

In central-government funded higher education institutions, 22.5% of available seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students (7.5% for STs, 15% for SCs).[29] This reservation percentage has been raised to 49.5%[29] by including an additional 27% reservation for OBCs. This ratio is followed even in Parliament and all elections where a few constituencies are earmarked for those from certain communities (which will next rotate in 2026 per the Delimitation Commission). Some states and UTs have reservations for females which varies from 5% to 33.33%.

Percentages of reservation for each state
State/UT SC ST OBC EWS Other Reservations Total
Andhra Pradesh[30] 15 6 29 10 60
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 12 38 50
Arunachal Pradesh[31] 80 80
Assam 7 15 27 10 59
Bihar 15 1 34 10 60
Chandigarh 27 27
Chhattisgarh 13 32 14 10 69
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 3 9 27 39
Delhi 15 7 27 10 59
Goa 2 12 27 10 51
Gujarat 7 14 27 10 58
Haryana 20 23 10 53
Himachal Pradesh 25 4 20 10 59
Jharkhand 10 26 14 10 60
Karnataka 15 3 32 10 60
Kerala 8 2 40 10 60
Lakshadweep 100 100
Madhya Pradesh 16 20 14 10 60
Maharashtra 13 7 32 10 62
Manipur 3 34 17 54
Meghalaya 80 80
Mizoram 80 80
Nagaland 80 80
Odisha 16 22 11 10 59
Puducherry 16 34 50
Punjab 29 12 10 51
Rajasthan 16 12 21 10 5 for MBC 64
Sikkim[32] 7 18 40 20 85
Tamil Nadu 18 1 50 69
Telangana[33] 15 6 29 10 60
Tripura 17 31 2 10 60
Uttar Pradesh 21 2 27 10 60
Uttarakhand[34] 19 4 14 10 47
West Bengal 22 6 17 10 55

The exact percentages vary from state to state:

  • In Tamil Nadu, OBC reservation is divided into 26.5% Backward Caste, 3.5 Backward Caste (M) and 20% Most Backward Caste and 10.5% sub quota for vanniyars, introduced by AIADMK in 2020,7% for DNT . The 7.5% for Vanniyars was quashed void by Madras High Court. The SC quota has 3% sub-quota for Arunthatiyars, introduced by DMK in 2009.[35]
  • In Maharashtra in addition to the reservation for SC/ST/OBC, there is 2% for SBCs, 3% for Nomadic Tribes – NT-A (Vimukta jati), 2.5% for NT-B, 3.5% for NT-C (Dhangar), and 2% for NT-D (Vanjari).
  • In Northeast India, e.g. in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram, reservation for ST in State Govt. jobs is 80% with only 20% unreserved. In the Central Universities of NEHU (Shillong) and Rajiv Gandhi University, 60% of seats are reserved for ST students.
  • In West Bengal, the OBC community is divided into OBC A & B.[36] In West Bengal there is no reservation on religious basis but some economically and educationally backward Muslim castes (basis surnames pertaining to different profession e.g. cobbler, weaver etc.) have been included along with their Hindu counterparts in the OBC list namely OBC A and OBC B, in both lists caste from both communities are there. But in higher educational institutes, till now there is no reservation for the OBC community but there is reservation in regard to admission in primary, secondary and higher secondary studies.[37][36]

Gender edit

The Women's Reservation Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 9 March 2010 by a majority vote of 186 members in favor and 1 against. As of March 2013, the Lok Sabha has not voted on the bill. Critics say gender cannot be held as a basis for reservation alone other factors should also be considered e.g. economic, social conditions of woman candidates especially when applying reservation for educated women. The criticism points that the policy benefits women that have access to political capital through family circles and are faced with the burden of a huge learning curve. Again, women are divided among caste and class lines with this dichotomy playing an important role in deciding how the presence of women in the lowest tier of governance impact the problems faced by the women of the constituency[38]

In Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, 32% of posts are reserved for females in all government departments and services, such as police, health, education and general administration.[39][40][41] From 2015 onwards Kerala has implemented a 55% reservation for all posts of its local self governing bodies.[42]

On 21 July 2021, Karnataka became the first state in the country to provide one percent reservation for the transgender community in all government services. The government submitted a report to the High Court in this regard, informing that a notification had already been issued after amending the Karnataka Civil Service. The job could be given to males or females, from the same category, in case of the non-availability of transgender candidates.[43]

Religion edit

Constitution of India debars reservation based on religion in India.[44]

The Tamil Nadu government has allotted 3.5% of seats each to Muslims and Christians, thereby altering the OBC reservation to 23% from 30% (since it excludes persons belonging to Other Backward Castes who are either Muslims or Christians).[45]

The Government of Andhra Pradesh introduced a law enabling 4 percent reservations for Muslims in 2004. This law was upheld by the Supreme Court in an interim order in 2010 but it constituted a Constitution bench to look further into the issue.[46][47] The referral was to examine the constitutional validity of quotas based on religion.[48] Kerala Public Service Commission has a quota of 12% for Muslims.[49] Religious minority (Muslim or Christian) educational institutes also have 50% reservation for Muslim or Christian religions. The Central government has listed a number of Muslim communities as backward Muslims, making them eligible for reservation.[citation needed]

Criticism, controversies and protests edit

The Union Government on 22 December 2011 announced the establishment of a sub-quota of 4.5% for religious minorities within the existing 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes. The reasoning given was that Muslim communities that have been granted OBC status are unable to compete with Hindu OBC communities.[50] It was alleged that the decision was announced as the Election Commission announced Assembly elections in five states on 24 December 2011. The government would not have been able to announce this due to the model code of conduct. On 12 January 2012, the Election Commission stayed implementation of this decision for violation of the model code of conduct.[51] Later, Justice Sachar, head of the Sachar Committee that was commissioned to prepare a report on the latest social, economic and educational condition of the Muslim community of India, criticised the government decision, saying "Such promises will not help the backward section of minorities. It is like befooling them. These people are making tall claims just to win elections". He suggested that instead of promising to give reservations, the government should focus on basic issues of improving administration and governance.[52]

On 28 May 2012, the Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed the sub-quota. The court said that the sub-quota has been carved out only on religious lines and not on any other intelligible basis. The court criticized the decision: "In fact, we must express our anguish at the rather casual manner in which the entire issue has been taken up by the central government.".[53]

Mandal Commission protests of 1990 edit

Mandal commission protests of 1990 were against reservation in government jobs based on caste in India.

2006 Indian anti-reservation protests edit

The 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests were a series of protests that took place in India in 2006 in opposition to the decision of the Union Government of India, led by the Indian National Congress-headed multiparty coalition United Progressive Alliance, to implement reservations for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in central and private institutes of higher education. This move led to massive protests, particularly from students and doctors belonging to the forward castes, who claimed that the government's proposal was discriminatory, discarded meritocracy and was driven by vote-bank politics.

Agitations demanding more reservation edit

In 2008 and 2010, the Gujjar community in Rajasthan demanded reclassification from OBC to ST (Scheduled Tribes) for increased reservation benefits. They began violently protesting on the streets of Rajasthan and blocked several rail lines. Police firing on Gujjars began a tit-for-tat cycle of violence between Police and Gujjars. The violence ended with 37 people dead. Their move was opposed by the Meenas, the main ST community in Rajasthan.[citation needed]

In 2019, the agitation restarted as Gujjars demanded 5% reservation, and began blocking trains to this effect.[54]

Jats have been demanding OBC status since the 1990s. In 2016, they began an agitation to get this status. To this effect they began protesting by blockading roads and lines, but later the protests turned violent. Riots spread to Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh, and even Rajasthan. The epicentre of the violence was in Rothak, and almost ₹34000 crores ($4.8 billion) worth of property was damaged and 30 were killed. Bowing to the pressure, the Haryana government created a special category for Jats and other upper castes called BC, and appointed 10% reservation, but the measure was blocked in court.[55]

Beginning in 2015, the Patidar community (better known as Patel) began agitating for OBC status in Gujarat. This movement consisted of massive demonstrations across the state, led by Hardik Patel. Later many of these protests turned violent, resulting in curfews across the state and crores worth of damage. Talks with the government broke down, and the violence restarted. After the Jat agitation began in 2016, the Patidars flared up again and led a march through Gujarat, but protests in several cities turned violent and the Rapid Action Force was sent in.[55]

In January 2016, the Garp community in Andhra Pradesh began leading protests to be classified in Backward Classes. The agitation became violent when in Tuni, Garp protestors set trains on fire.[56] In 2019, the Telugu Desam Party which had just been made opposition, tabled a bill to have a 5% sub-quota for Garps out of EWS reservation.[57]

Marathas, the dominant caste of Maharashtra, have been agitating for OBC status since the 1990s. In 2016, after the rape and murder of a 15-year old Maratha girl in Kopardi, the Maratha community organized massive protests throughout Maharashtra. Their demands included death for the accused as well as reservations for the Maratha community which makes up 16% of the state's population. Some road blocks turned violent in 2017 and 2018, but overall the protests were peaceful. Their demand was met when the Maharashtra government instituted a special SEBC (Socially and Educationally Backward Classes) category for them with 16% reservation.[55] The Supreme Court of India later however, declared the SEBC reservation for Marathas as unconstitutional.[58]

Economic status edit

The Union Government tabled the Constitution (One Hundred And Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2019 which provided 10% additional quota for the economically weaker sections amongst the erstwhile unreserved category students. The definition of 'economically weaker sections' will be defined by the State from time to time.[59] The constitutional amendment has laid down that they will be restricted to people with household income less than 8 Lakh per annum and those who own agricultural land below five acres. Business Today has commented that these criteria cover almost 100 percent of the population.[60] Several petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court of India challenging the legality of this amendment.[61]

Exclusions edit

There are no exclusions for SC/ST people.

For OBC's people the following categories are not entitled to take advantage of the reservation system:

  • Children of officials in high office as per the Constitution.[a]
  • Children of civil servants in high positions.[b]
  • Children of armed forces officers of high rank.[c]
  • Children of professionals and those engaged in trade and industry.[d]
  • Children of property owners.[e]
  • Children of people with annual income exceeding 8,00,000[f] (regarded as the "creamy layer").[62]

Institutions of Excellence, research institutions, Institutions of National and Strategic Importance such as Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Homi Bhabha National Institute and its ten constituent units, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai), the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (Shillong), Physical Research Laboratory (Ahmedabad), the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (Thiruvananthapuram) and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (Dehradun) do not have reservations for higher education.[g] However Institutes of National Importance such as Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs),[66]Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),[67] National Institutes of Technology (NIT) and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) have provision of reservation in admission process for undergraduate and graduate programs.[68]

On 27 October 2015, the Supreme Court directed the state and the Central governments to end the regional quota and to ensure that super-specialty medical courses are kept "unreserved, open and free" from any domicile status after the court had allowed petitions files by some MBBS doctors.[69]

Scheduled Caste (SC) Scheduled Tribe (ST) Other Backward Classes (OBC)[70][71][72] Economically Weaker Section (EWS)[73][74][75][76]
1. Reservation % of Government of India. 15% 7.5% 27% 10%
2. Is the criteria of 'Government Jobs' applicable to this category for reservation eligibility? Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Applicable. Children of governmental staff belonging to 'Group A' or equivalent categories are not eligible for OBC reservation. There are some criteria for 'Group B' staff also. Not Applicable.
3. Is the criteria of 'Income Limit' applicable to this category for reservation eligibility? Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Applicable. Annual family (other) income of 8 lakhs. Only 'Other Income' is considered. Salary and agricultural income not included while calculating annual family income. Applicable. Those with 'Annual family income of 8 lakhs' and above are not eligible. While calculating annual family income, all types of income – (including salary and agricultural income) are included.
4. Is the criteria of 'Limit on agricultural land' applicable to this category for reservation eligibility? Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Applicable. Those families with '5 acres of agricultural land and above' are not eligible.
5. Is the criteria of 'Limit on residential flat area' applicable to this category for reservation eligibility? Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Applicable. Those with 'Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft and above' are not eligible.
6. Is the criteria of 'Limit on residential plot area' applicable to this category for reservation eligibility? Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Applicable. Those families with 'Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities' are not eligible. Those families with 'Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in other areas' are not eligible.
7. Is this reserved category eligible for applying in the general (merit/ non-reserved) category? Yes Yes Yes Yes
8. Is the general category (non-reserved/ merit) eligible to apply in this reserved category? No No No No

The above table is valid as of January 31, 2023.

Creamy layer edit

The term creamy layer was first coined in 1974 in the State of Kerala vs N. M. Thomas case when Justice VR Krishna Iyer said that the "benefits of the reservation shall be snatched away by the top creamy layer of the backward class, thus leaving the weakest among the weak and leaving the fortunate layers to consume the whole cake".[77][78] The 1992 Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India judgement laid down the limits of the state's powers: it upheld the ceiling of 50.21 percent quotas, emphasised the concept of "social backwardness", and prescribed 11 indicators to ascertain backwardness. The judgement also established the concept of qualitative exclusion, such as "creamy layer".[79][80][81] The creamy layer applies only to OBCs.[82] The creamy layer criteria were introduced at Rs 1 lakh in 1993 and revised to Rs 2.5 lakh in 2004, ₹4.5 lakh in 2008 and ₹6 lakh in 2013, but now the ceiling has been raised to ₹8 lakh (in September 2017).[83] In October 2015, the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) proposed that a person belonging to OBC with an annual family income of up to ₹15 lakh should be considered as minimum ceiling for OBC.[84] The NCBC also recommended sub-division of OBCs into "backward", "more backward" and "extremely backward" groups and to divide the 27 per cent quota amongst them in proportion to their population, to ensure that stronger OBCs do not corner the quota benefits.[85][86]

Reservation in states edit

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh state percentage of reservation is around 50%. Including the overall 1/3 reservation for women, 66.66% of seats are reserved in Andhra Pradesh in Education and Government jobs.

 • Scheduled Castes – 15%  • Scheduled Tribes – 6%  • Backward Classes (A, B, C, D) – 27%  • Physically Handicapped (Blind, Deaf & Dumb and OPH) – 3% (1% each)  • Ex-servicemen (APMS only) – 1% (0.5% in general category)  • Women – 33.33% (in all categories, means 16.66% in general category)

Andhra Pradesh BC quota has sub-quotas for castes, classified in A, B, C and D. Addition of disabled, ex-serviceman, women in general category 16.66% makes total reservation percentage 66.66%.

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh has 80% reservation for Scheduled Tribes.

Assam

 • Scheduled Castes – 7%  • Scheduled Tribes – 15%  • Other Backward Classes – 27%  • Economically Weaker Sections – 10%

Assam provides sub quotas for several other communities such as Morans, Mataks and Tea Tribes in medical colleges under the OBC category. In November 2020, Assam's cabinet extended this reservation to Koch-Rajbongshis, Ahoms and Chutias. These six communities are demanding Scheduled Tribe status.[87]

In January 2019, Assam approved EWS reservation.[88]

Bihar

 • Scheduled Castes – 15%  • Scheduled Tribes – 1%  • Other Backward Classes – 34%  • Economically Weaker Sections – 10%

First implemented in 1970 by Karpoori Thakur, Bihar has a sub-quota within OBC quota of 18% for Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) and 3% for Backward Caste women in government jobs and educational institutes.[89][90] EWS reservation was implemented in 2019.[91]

Chhattisgarh

 • Scheduled Castes – 12% ( now 16%)  • Scheduled Tribes – 32% ( now 20%)  • Other Backward Classes – 14%  • Economically Weaker Sections – no provision

Chhattisgarh: Ordinance on OBC quota hike to 27% has lapsed, says high court.[92]

Delhi

 • Scheduled Castes - 15%  • Scheduled Tribes - 7%  • Other Backward Classes - 27%

Since Delhi is a Union territory and subject to the Central government, government jobs in Delhi are designated Central Government jobs. In a 2018 Supreme Court decision, it was decided that since Delhi is the capital and no one is an "outsider" there reservations in the territory should follow the all-India pattern. Furthermore, these reserved jobs are open from reserved communities from outside Delhi.[93]

Goa

 • Scheduled Castes – 2%  • Scheduled Tribes – 12%  • Other Backward Classes – 27%  • Economically Weaker Sections – 10%  • Physically handicapped - 3%  • Ex-servicemen - 2%  • Sportspersons - 3%

In 2014, the quota for OBC reservation was raised from 19.5% to 27%.[94] In June 2019, Goa implemented EWS reservation in jobs and education.[95]

Gujarat

 • Scheduled Castes – 7%  • Scheduled Tribes – 15%  • Other Backward Classes – 27%  • Economically Weaker Sections – 10%

Gujarat also implemented a 33% reservation for general category women in government jobs. The government also banned reserved category applicants from competing for general category seats, but this was revoked in 2020. Similarly the women reservation was made cutting across all categories in 2020.[96] Gujarat was one of the first states to implement EWS reservation, which applies to general category candidates with less than ₹8 lakhs income, not including other assets like land.[97]

Haryana

 • Scheduled Castes – 20%  • Other Backward Classes – 23%  • Economically Weaker Sections – 10%  • Ex-servicemen – 5%  • Sportspersons – 3%  • Physically handicapped – 3%

In Haryana OBCs are divided into A, B, C categories, each with 11%, 6% and 6% reservation respectively. Reservations in promotions are different, although still based on population.[98] In 2021, Haryana passed a law mandating 75% reservation in private-sector jobs with incomes less than ₹25,000 for local candidates.[99]

Himachal Pradesh

 • Scheduled Castes – 25%  • Scheduled Tribes – 4%  • Other Backward Classes – 20%  • Economically Weaker Sections – 10%

In the Scheduled Areas which have a very high percentage of STs, such as Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti districts, percentage of ST reserved seats in government jobs are much higher.

Jharkhand

 • Scheduled Castes – 10%  • Scheduled Tribes – 26%  • Other Backward Classes – 14% [100]  • Economically Weaker Sections – 10%

BC are currently classified as being in Annexure 1 and Annexure 2.[101]

Maharashtra

 • Scheduled Castes (SC) (13%)[102]  • Scheduled Tribes (ST) (7%)  • Other Backward Classes (OBC) (19%)  •  • Special Backward Classes (SBC) (2%)  •  • Nomadic Tribes – A (Vimukta jati) (3%)  •  • Nomadic Tribes – B (2.5%)  •  • Nomadic Tribes – C (Dhangar) (3.5%)  •  • Nomadic Tribes – D (Vanjari) (2%)  • Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) – 10%

Maharashtra has 62% reservation in educational institutions and government jobs.[103][104]

Uttarakhand

 • Scheduled Castes – 19%  • Scheduled Tribes – 4%  • Other Backward Classes – 14%  • Economically Weaker Sections – 10%

Uttarakhand has 47% reservation in educational institutions and government jobs. In addition to vertical reservation, the state gives 30% horizontal reservation to women, 5% to the ex-servicemen (ES), 4% to persons with disability (PWD), 2% to the dependants of freedom fighters (DFF), and 5% to the orphans residing in the state-run orphanages.[105]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Included among the high office holders are the President of India, the Vice-President of India, Judges of the Supreme Court of India, the High Courts chairman, the members of Union Public Service Commission, members of the State Public Service Commission, Chief Election Commissioner, Comptroller Auditor-General of India or any person holding positions of a constitutional nature.[62]
  2. ^ Included among this category are Class I or Class II officers, unless dead or incapacitated.[63] The criteria used for Group A and B are the same as the employees of the Public sector.[62]
  3. ^ High ranks include the rank of colonel and above in the army or in equivalent posts in the Navy, the Air Force, and the Paramilitary Force. But that will hold true provided that-
    1. "the wife of an armed forces officer is herself in the armed forces (i.e., the category under consideration) the rule of exclusion will apply only when she herself has reached the rank of Colonel."
    2. "the service ranks below Colonel of husband and wife shall not be clubbed together"
    3. "if the wife of an officer in the armed forces is in civil employment, this will not be taken into account for applying the rule of exclusion unless she falls in the service category under item No.II in which case the criteria and conditions"[62]
  4. ^ If a person has a high paying job such as physician, lawyer, chartered accountant, income tax consultant, financial or management consultant, dental surgeon, engineer, architect, computer specialist, film artist or other film professionals, author, playwright, sports person, sports professional, media professional or any other vocations of like status. If the husband holds one of the above jobs and the wife does not then the husband's income will be taken into consideration and if the wife holds one of the above jobs then the wife's income will be taken into consideration. The income of the family as a whole will be taken into account because the whole point of the reservation system is to raise the social status of the people that belong to the SC's, ST's and OBCs and if a family's income is high already it is considered that it raises their social status as well.[62]
  5. ^ Included in this category are those who have irrigated land area which is equal to or more than 85% of the statutory ceiling area will be excluded from the reservation. They would only be under reservation if the land is exclusively unirrigated. Those with vacant buildings can use them for residential, industrial or commercial purposes, hence they are not covered under reservations.[62]
  6. ^ This income does not include salaried income and agricultural income
  7. ^ Such institutions include the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Homi Bhabha National Institute and its ten constituent units, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai), the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (Shillong), Physical Research Laboratory (Ahmedabad), the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (Thiruvananthapuram) and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (Dehradun).[64][65]

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Further reading edit

  • Shourie, Arun (2012). Falling over backwards: An essay on reservations and judicial populism. New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-93-5029-355-3
  • Joseph, Manu (23 August 2004). "What If Reservations Had Come To An End In 1960?". Outlook. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

External links edit

  • National Commission for Backward Classes
  • National Commission for Scheduled Castes
  • National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
  • Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

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Not to be confused with Indian reservations of Native Americans dubbed Indians in the United States or Indian reserves of First Nations dubbed Indians in Canada Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that provides historically disadvantaged groups representation in education employment government schemes scholarships and politics Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to set reserved quotas or seats at particular percentage in Education Admissions Employments Political Bodies Promotions etc for socially and educationally backward citizens 1 2 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Before independence 1 2 After independence 2 Reservation schemes 2 1 In employment 2 2 In education 2 3 States 3 Gender 4 Religion 5 Criticism controversies and protests 5 1 Mandal Commission protests of 1990 5 2 2006 Indian anti reservation protests 5 3 Agitations demanding more reservation 6 Economic status 7 Exclusions 8 Creamy layer 9 Reservation in states 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External linksHistory editBefore independence edit Quota systems favouring certain castes and other communities existed before independence in several areas of British India Demands for various forms of positive discrimination had been made for example in 1882 and 1891 4 Chatrapati Shahu the Maharaja of the princely state of Kolhapur introduced reservation in favor of non Brahmin and backward classes much of which came into effect in 1902 He provided free education to everyone and opened several hostels to make it easier for them to receive it He also tried to ensure that people thus educated were suitably employed and he appealed both for a class free India and the abolition of untouchability His 1902 measures created 50 percent reservation for backward communities 5 In 1918 at the behest of several non Brahmin organizations criticizing Brahmin domination of administration the Mysore Raja Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar created a committee to implement reservations for non Brahmins in government jobs and education over the opposition of his Diwan M Viswesvaraya who resigned in protest 6 On 16 September 1921 the first Justice Party government passed the first Communal Government Order G O 613 thereby becoming the first elected body in the Indian legislative history to legislate reservations which have since become standard across the country The British Raj introduced elements of reservation in the Government of India Act of 1909 and there were many other measures put in place prior to independence 4 A significant one emerged from the Round Table Conference of June 1932 when the Prime Minister of Britain Ramsay MacDonald proposed the Communal Award according to which separate representation was to be provided for Muslims Sikhs Indian Christians Anglo Indians and Europeans The depressed classes roughly corresponding to the STs and SCs were assigned a number of seats to be filled by election from constituencies in which only they could vote although they could also vote in other seats The proposal was controversial Mahatma Gandhi fasted in protest against it but many among the depressed classes including B R Ambedkar had to favor it After negotiations Gandhi reached an agreement with Ambedkar to have a single Hindu electorate with Dalits having seats reserved within it Electorates for other religions such as Islam and Sikhism remained separate This became known as the Poona Pact 7 After independence edit After the independence of India in 1947 there were some major initiatives in favor of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes SCs and STs and after the 1980s in favour of OBCs Other Backward Castes and in 2019 for poor in the general category The country s affirmative action program was launched in 1950 and is the oldest such programme in the world 8 A common form of caste discrimination in India was the practice of untouchability SCs were the primary targets of the practice which was outlawed by the new Constitution of India 9 In 1954 the Ministry of Education suggested that 20 percent of places should be reserved for the SCs and STs in educational institutions with a provision to relax minimum qualifying marks for admission by 5 percent wherever required In 1982 it was specified that 15 percent and 7 5 percent of vacancies in public sector and government aided educational institutes should be reserved for the SC and ST candidates respectively 10 A significant change began in 1979 when the Mandal Commission or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes SEBC Commission was established to assess the situation of the socially and educationally backward classes 11 The commission did not have exact population figures for the OBCs and so used data from the 1931 census thus estimating the group s population at 52 per cent 12 In 1980 the commission s report recommended that a reserved quota for OBCs of 27 per cent should apply in respect of services and public sector bodies operated by the Union Government It called for a similar change to admissions to institutes of higher education except where states already had more generous requirements 11 It was not until the 1990s that the recommendations were implemented in Union Government jobs 13 In 2019 the government announces the 10 reservation in educational institutions and government jobs for economically weaker section of the general category The Constitution of India states in article 15 4 Nothing in article 15 or in clause 2 of article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens of or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes 14 Article 46 of the Constitution states that The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people and in particular of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation 15 The Supreme Court of India ruled in 1992 that reservations could not exceed 50 percent anything above which it judged would violate equal access as guaranteed by the Constitution It thus put a cap on reservations 16 However the recent amendment of the constitution exceeds 50 and also there are state laws that exceed this 50 percent limit and these are under litigation in the Supreme Court For example in the State of Tamil Nadu the caste based reservation stands at 69 percent and applies to about 87 percent of the population On 7 November 2022 Supreme Court of India by a 3 2 verdict in Janhit Abhiyan vs Union Of India Writ Petition Civil No S 55 OF 2019 upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment carried out to provide legal sanction carve out 10 reservation for the economically weaker sections from unreserved classes for admission in educational institutions and government jobs 17 and held that the 50 cap on quota is not inviolable and affirmative action on economic basis may go a long way in eradicating caste based reservation 18 19 This constitutional amendment pushed the total reservation to 59 50 in central institutions Reservation schemes editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Caste reservations in universities and jobs of the Central Govt In employment edit Government and public sector will hire job seekers based on reservation percentage from two different categories 1 reservation category SC ST OBC EWC and other minorities 2 Open category General SC ST OBC EWC and other minorities While hiring major priority is given to reservation category including 33 reservation for Women priority in hiring is given by Other Minorities women ST women SC women ST Men SC Men OBC women OBC Men EWS Women EWS Men and then after Open category Will be considered Government and public sector hiring based on Merit in open category and one more anomaly here i e Priority in hiring will be given by Other Minorities women ST women SC women ST Men SC Men OBC women OBC Men EWC Women EWC Men and then General if they are equally eligibility for example having same marks or Rank The landmark initiative of Special Recruitment for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe in Government jobs was started in Kerala in 1972 by Vella Eacharan The 1993 Supreme Court ruling in the Indra Sawhney amp Others v Union of India case said that reservations in job promotions are unconstitutional or not in accordance with the political constitution but allowed its continuation for five years 20 16 In 1995 the 77th amendment to the Constitution was made to amend Article 16 before the five year period expired to continue with reservations for SC STs in promotions 21 It was further modified through the 85th amendment to give the benefit of consequential seniority to SC ST candidates promoted by reservation 22 The 81st amendment was made to the Constitution to permit the government to treat the backlog of reserved vacancies as a separate and distinct group to which the ceiling of 50 per cent did not apply 23 The 82nd amendment inserted a provision in Article 335 to enable states to give concessions to SC ST candidates in promotion 24 The validity of all the above four amendments was challenged in the Supreme Court through various petitions clubbed together in M Nagaraj amp Others Vs Union of India amp Others mainly on the ground that these altered the Basic Structure of the Constitution In 2006 the Supreme Court upheld the amendments but stipulated that the concerned state will have to show in each case the existence of compelling reasons which include backwardness inadequacy of representation and overall administrative efficiency before making provisions for reservation The court further held that these provisions are merely enabling provisions If a state government wishes to make provisions for reservation to SC STs in the promotion the state has to collect quantifiable data showing backwardness of the class and inadequacy of representation of that class 25 In 2007 the Government of Uttar Pradesh introduced reservation in job promotions However citing the Supreme Court decision the policy was ruled to be unconstitutional by the Allahabad High Court in 2011 26 The decision was challenged in the Supreme Court which upheld it in 2012 by rejecting the government s argument because it failed to furnish sufficient valid data to justify the move to promote employees on a caste basis 27 In education edit Universities allot seats based on reservation percentage from two different categories are 1 reservation category SC ST OBC EWC and other minorities 2 Open category General SC ST OBC EWS and other minorities In allotment Major priority given to reservation category including 33 reservation for Women priority in allotting is given by Other Minorities women ST women SC women ST Men SC Men OBC women OBC Men EWC Women EWC Men and then after Open category Will be considered Government Universities will allot based on priority by Other Minorities women ST women SC women ST Men SC Men OBC women OBC Men EWC Women EWC Men amp then General and reservation percentage under consideration for entrance exams fees for cut off marks for allotment of seats and also applicable to other government schemes In India student aids are available for SCs STs BCs OBCs women Muslims and other minorities Only about 0 7 of student aids in India is based on merit 28 States edit In central government funded higher education institutions 22 5 of available seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste SC and Scheduled Tribe ST students 7 5 for STs 15 for SCs 29 This reservation percentage has been raised to 49 5 29 by including an additional 27 reservation for OBCs This ratio is followed even in Parliament and all elections where a few constituencies are earmarked for those from certain communities which will next rotate in 2026 per the Delimitation Commission Some states and UTs have reservations for females which varies from 5 to 33 33 Percentages of reservation for each state State UT SC ST OBC EWS Other Reservations TotalAndhra Pradesh 30 15 6 29 10 60Andaman and Nicobar Islands 12 38 50Arunachal Pradesh 31 80 80Assam 7 15 27 10 59Bihar 15 1 34 10 60Chandigarh 27 27Chhattisgarh 13 32 14 10 69Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 3 9 27 39Delhi 15 7 27 10 59Goa 2 12 27 10 51Gujarat 7 14 27 10 58Haryana 20 23 10 53Himachal Pradesh 25 4 20 10 59Jharkhand 10 26 14 10 60Karnataka 15 3 32 10 60Kerala 8 2 40 10 60Lakshadweep 100 100Madhya Pradesh 16 20 14 10 60Maharashtra 13 7 32 10 62Manipur 3 34 17 54Meghalaya 80 80Mizoram 80 80Nagaland 80 80Odisha 16 22 11 10 59Puducherry 16 34 50Punjab 29 12 10 51Rajasthan 16 12 21 10 5 for MBC 64Sikkim 32 7 18 40 20 85Tamil Nadu 18 1 50 69Telangana 33 15 6 29 10 60Tripura 17 31 2 10 60Uttar Pradesh 21 2 27 10 60Uttarakhand 34 19 4 14 10 47West Bengal 22 6 17 10 55The exact percentages vary from state to state In Tamil Nadu OBC reservation is divided into 26 5 Backward Caste 3 5 Backward Caste M and 20 Most Backward Caste and 10 5 sub quota for vanniyars introduced by AIADMK in 2020 7 for DNT The 7 5 for Vanniyars was quashed void by Madras High Court The SC quota has 3 sub quota for Arunthatiyars introduced by DMK in 2009 35 In Maharashtra in addition to the reservation for SC ST OBC there is 2 for SBCs 3 for Nomadic Tribes NT A Vimukta jati 2 5 for NT B 3 5 for NT C Dhangar and 2 for NT D Vanjari In Northeast India e g in Arunachal Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland and Mizoram reservation for ST in State Govt jobs is 80 with only 20 unreserved In the Central Universities of NEHU Shillong and Rajiv Gandhi University 60 of seats are reserved for ST students In West Bengal the OBC community is divided into OBC A amp B 36 In West Bengal there is no reservation on religious basis but some economically and educationally backward Muslim castes basis surnames pertaining to different profession e g cobbler weaver etc have been included along with their Hindu counterparts in the OBC list namely OBC A and OBC B in both lists caste from both communities are there But in higher educational institutes till now there is no reservation for the OBC community but there is reservation in regard to admission in primary secondary and higher secondary studies 37 36 Gender editThe Women s Reservation Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 9 March 2010 by a majority vote of 186 members in favor and 1 against As of March 2013 the Lok Sabha has not voted on the bill Critics say gender cannot be held as a basis for reservation alone other factors should also be considered e g economic social conditions of woman candidates especially when applying reservation for educated women The criticism points that the policy benefits women that have access to political capital through family circles and are faced with the burden of a huge learning curve Again women are divided among caste and class lines with this dichotomy playing an important role in deciding how the presence of women in the lowest tier of governance impact the problems faced by the women of the constituency 38 In Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh 32 of posts are reserved for females in all government departments and services such as police health education and general administration 39 40 41 From 2015 onwards Kerala has implemented a 55 reservation for all posts of its local self governing bodies 42 On 21 July 2021 Karnataka became the first state in the country to provide one percent reservation for the transgender community in all government services The government submitted a report to the High Court in this regard informing that a notification had already been issued after amending the Karnataka Civil Service The job could be given to males or females from the same category in case of the non availability of transgender candidates 43 Religion editConstitution of India debars reservation based on religion in India 44 The Tamil Nadu government has allotted 3 5 of seats each to Muslims and Christians thereby altering the OBC reservation to 23 from 30 since it excludes persons belonging to Other Backward Castes who are either Muslims or Christians 45 The Government of Andhra Pradesh introduced a law enabling 4 percent reservations for Muslims in 2004 This law was upheld by the Supreme Court in an interim order in 2010 but it constituted a Constitution bench to look further into the issue 46 47 The referral was to examine the constitutional validity of quotas based on religion 48 Kerala Public Service Commission has a quota of 12 for Muslims 49 Religious minority Muslim or Christian educational institutes also have 50 reservation for Muslim or Christian religions The Central government has listed a number of Muslim communities as backward Muslims making them eligible for reservation citation needed Criticism controversies and protests editThe Union Government on 22 December 2011 announced the establishment of a sub quota of 4 5 for religious minorities within the existing 27 reservation for Other Backward Classes The reasoning given was that Muslim communities that have been granted OBC status are unable to compete with Hindu OBC communities 50 It was alleged that the decision was announced as the Election Commission announced Assembly elections in five states on 24 December 2011 The government would not have been able to announce this due to the model code of conduct On 12 January 2012 the Election Commission stayed implementation of this decision for violation of the model code of conduct 51 Later Justice Sachar head of the Sachar Committee that was commissioned to prepare a report on the latest social economic and educational condition of the Muslim community of India criticised the government decision saying Such promises will not help the backward section of minorities It is like befooling them These people are making tall claims just to win elections He suggested that instead of promising to give reservations the government should focus on basic issues of improving administration and governance 52 On 28 May 2012 the Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed the sub quota The court said that the sub quota has been carved out only on religious lines and not on any other intelligible basis The court criticized the decision In fact we must express our anguish at the rather casual manner in which the entire issue has been taken up by the central government 53 Mandal Commission protests of 1990 edit Main article Mandal Commission protests of 1990 Mandal commission protests of 1990 were against reservation in government jobs based on caste in India 2006 Indian anti reservation protests edit Main article 2006 Indian anti reservation protests The 2006 Indian anti reservation protests were a series of protests that took place in India in 2006 in opposition to the decision of the Union Government of India led by the Indian National Congress headed multiparty coalition United Progressive Alliance to implement reservations for the Other Backward Classes OBCs in central and private institutes of higher education This move led to massive protests particularly from students and doctors belonging to the forward castes who claimed that the government s proposal was discriminatory discarded meritocracy and was driven by vote bank politics Agitations demanding more reservation edit In 2008 and 2010 the Gujjar community in Rajasthan demanded reclassification from OBC to ST Scheduled Tribes for increased reservation benefits They began violently protesting on the streets of Rajasthan and blocked several rail lines Police firing on Gujjars began a tit for tat cycle of violence between Police and Gujjars The violence ended with 37 people dead Their move was opposed by the Meenas the main ST community in Rajasthan citation needed In 2019 the agitation restarted as Gujjars demanded 5 reservation and began blocking trains to this effect 54 Jats have been demanding OBC status since the 1990s In 2016 they began an agitation to get this status To this effect they began protesting by blockading roads and lines but later the protests turned violent Riots spread to Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh and even Rajasthan The epicentre of the violence was in Rothak and almost 34000 crores 4 8 billion worth of property was damaged and 30 were killed Bowing to the pressure the Haryana government created a special category for Jats and other upper castes called BC and appointed 10 reservation but the measure was blocked in court 55 Beginning in 2015 the Patidar community better known as Patel began agitating for OBC status in Gujarat This movement consisted of massive demonstrations across the state led by Hardik Patel Later many of these protests turned violent resulting in curfews across the state and crores worth of damage Talks with the government broke down and the violence restarted After the Jat agitation began in 2016 the Patidars flared up again and led a march through Gujarat but protests in several cities turned violent and the Rapid Action Force was sent in 55 In January 2016 the Garp community in Andhra Pradesh began leading protests to be classified in Backward Classes The agitation became violent when in Tuni Garp protestors set trains on fire 56 In 2019 the Telugu Desam Party which had just been made opposition tabled a bill to have a 5 sub quota for Garps out of EWS reservation 57 Marathas the dominant caste of Maharashtra have been agitating for OBC status since the 1990s In 2016 after the rape and murder of a 15 year old Maratha girl in Kopardi the Maratha community organized massive protests throughout Maharashtra Their demands included death for the accused as well as reservations for the Maratha community which makes up 16 of the state s population Some road blocks turned violent in 2017 and 2018 but overall the protests were peaceful Their demand was met when the Maharashtra government instituted a special SEBC Socially and Educationally Backward Classes category for them with 16 reservation 55 The Supreme Court of India later however declared the SEBC reservation for Marathas as unconstitutional 58 Economic status editThe Union Government tabled the Constitution One Hundred And Twenty Fourth Amendment Bill 2019 which provided 10 additional quota for the economically weaker sections amongst the erstwhile unreserved category students The definition of economically weaker sections will be defined by the State from time to time 59 The constitutional amendment has laid down that they will be restricted to people with household income less than 8 Lakh per annum and those who own agricultural land below five acres Business Today has commented that these criteria cover almost 100 percent of the population 60 Several petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court of India challenging the legality of this amendment 61 Exclusions editThere are no exclusions for SC ST people For OBC s people the following categories are not entitled to take advantage of the reservation system Children of officials in high office as per the Constitution a Children of civil servants in high positions b Children of armed forces officers of high rank c Children of professionals and those engaged in trade and industry d Children of property owners e Children of people with annual income exceeding 8 00 000 f regarded as the creamy layer 62 Institutions of Excellence research institutions Institutions of National and Strategic Importance such as Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Homi Bhabha National Institute and its ten constituent units the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Shillong Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Thiruvananthapuram and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Dehradun do not have reservations for higher education g However Institutes of National Importance such as Indian Institutes of Management IIMs 66 Indian Institutes of Technology IITs 67 National Institutes of Technology NIT and Indian Institute of Information Technology IIIT have provision of reservation in admission process for undergraduate and graduate programs 68 On 27 October 2015 the Supreme Court directed the state and the Central governments to end the regional quota and to ensure that super specialty medical courses are kept unreserved open and free from any domicile status after the court had allowed petitions files by some MBBS doctors 69 Scheduled Caste SC Scheduled Tribe ST Other Backward Classes OBC 70 71 72 Economically Weaker Section EWS 73 74 75 76 1 Reservation of Government of India 15 7 5 27 10 2 Is the criteria of Government Jobs applicable to this category for reservation eligibility Not Applicable Not Applicable Applicable Children of governmental staff belonging to Group A or equivalent categories are not eligible for OBC reservation There are some criteria for Group B staff also Not Applicable 3 Is the criteria of Income Limit applicable to this category for reservation eligibility Not Applicable Not Applicable Applicable Annual family other income of 8 lakhs Only Other Income is considered Salary and agricultural income not included while calculating annual family income Applicable Those with Annual family income of 8 lakhs and above are not eligible While calculating annual family income all types of income including salary and agricultural income are included 4 Is the criteria of Limit on agricultural land applicable to this category for reservation eligibility Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Applicable Those families with 5 acres of agricultural land and above are not eligible 5 Is the criteria of Limit on residential flat area applicable to this category for reservation eligibility Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Applicable Those with Residential flat of 1000 sq ft and above are not eligible 6 Is the criteria of Limit on residential plot area applicable to this category for reservation eligibility Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Applicable Those families with Residential plot of 100 sq yards and above in notified municipalities are not eligible Those families with Residential plot of 200 sq yards and above in other areas are not eligible 7 Is this reserved category eligible for applying in the general merit non reserved category Yes Yes Yes Yes8 Is the general category non reserved merit eligible to apply in this reserved category No No No NoThe above table is valid as of January 31 2023 Creamy layer editMain article Creamy layer The term creamy layer was first coined in 1974 in the State of Kerala vs N M Thomas case when Justice VR Krishna Iyer said that the benefits of the reservation shall be snatched away by the top creamy layer of the backward class thus leaving the weakest among the weak and leaving the fortunate layers to consume the whole cake 77 78 The 1992 Indra Sawhney amp Others v Union of India judgement laid down the limits of the state s powers it upheld the ceiling of 50 21 percent quotas emphasised the concept of social backwardness and prescribed 11 indicators to ascertain backwardness The judgement also established the concept of qualitative exclusion such as creamy layer 79 80 81 The creamy layer applies only to OBCs 82 The creamy layer criteria were introduced at Rs 1 lakh in 1993 and revised to Rs 2 5 lakh in 2004 4 5 lakh in 2008 and 6 lakh in 2013 but now the ceiling has been raised to 8 lakh in September 2017 83 In October 2015 the National Commission for Backward Classes NCBC proposed that a person belonging to OBC with an annual family income of up to 15 lakh should be considered as minimum ceiling for OBC 84 The NCBC also recommended sub division of OBCs into backward more backward and extremely backward groups and to divide the 27 per cent quota amongst them in proportion to their population to ensure that stronger OBCs do not corner the quota benefits 85 86 Reservation in states editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh state percentage of reservation is around 50 Including the overall 1 3 reservation for women 66 66 of seats are reserved in Andhra Pradesh in Education and Government jobs Scheduled Castes 15 Scheduled Tribes 6 Backward Classes A B C D 27 Physically Handicapped Blind Deaf amp Dumb and OPH 3 1 each Ex servicemen APMS only 1 0 5 in general category Women 33 33 in all categories means 16 66 in general category Andhra Pradesh BC quota has sub quotas for castes classified in A B C and D Addition of disabled ex serviceman women in general category 16 66 makes total reservation percentage 66 66 Arunachal PradeshArunachal Pradesh has 80 reservation for Scheduled Tribes Assam Scheduled Castes 7 Scheduled Tribes 15 Other Backward Classes 27 Economically Weaker Sections 10 Assam provides sub quotas for several other communities such as Morans Mataks and Tea Tribes in medical colleges under the OBC category In November 2020 Assam s cabinet extended this reservation to Koch Rajbongshis Ahoms and Chutias These six communities are demanding Scheduled Tribe status 87 In January 2019 Assam approved EWS reservation 88 Bihar Scheduled Castes 15 Scheduled Tribes 1 Other Backward Classes 34 Economically Weaker Sections 10 First implemented in 1970 by Karpoori Thakur Bihar has a sub quota within OBC quota of 18 for Extremely Backward Castes EBCs and 3 for Backward Caste women in government jobs and educational institutes 89 90 EWS reservation was implemented in 2019 91 Chhattisgarh Scheduled Castes 12 now 16 Scheduled Tribes 32 now 20 Other Backward Classes 14 Economically Weaker Sections no provisionChhattisgarh Ordinance on OBC quota hike to 27 has lapsed says high court 92 Delhi Scheduled Castes 15 Scheduled Tribes 7 Other Backward Classes 27 Since Delhi is a Union territory and subject to the Central government government jobs in Delhi are designated Central Government jobs In a 2018 Supreme Court decision it was decided that since Delhi is the capital and no one is an outsider there reservations in the territory should follow the all India pattern Furthermore these reserved jobs are open from reserved communities from outside Delhi 93 Goa Scheduled Castes 2 Scheduled Tribes 12 Other Backward Classes 27 Economically Weaker Sections 10 Physically handicapped 3 Ex servicemen 2 Sportspersons 3 In 2014 the quota for OBC reservation was raised from 19 5 to 27 94 In June 2019 Goa implemented EWS reservation in jobs and education 95 Gujarat Scheduled Castes 7 Scheduled Tribes 15 Other Backward Classes 27 Economically Weaker Sections 10 Gujarat also implemented a 33 reservation for general category women in government jobs The government also banned reserved category applicants from competing for general category seats but this was revoked in 2020 Similarly the women reservation was made cutting across all categories in 2020 96 Gujarat was one of the first states to implement EWS reservation which applies to general category candidates with less than 8 lakhs income not including other assets like land 97 Haryana Scheduled Castes 20 Other Backward Classes 23 Economically Weaker Sections 10 Ex servicemen 5 Sportspersons 3 Physically handicapped 3 In Haryana OBCs are divided into A B C categories each with 11 6 and 6 reservation respectively Reservations in promotions are different although still based on population 98 In 2021 Haryana passed a law mandating 75 reservation in private sector jobs with incomes less than 25 000 for local candidates 99 Himachal Pradesh Scheduled Castes 25 Scheduled Tribes 4 Other Backward Classes 20 Economically Weaker Sections 10 In the Scheduled Areas which have a very high percentage of STs such as Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti districts percentage of ST reserved seats in government jobs are much higher Jharkhand Scheduled Castes 10 Scheduled Tribes 26 Other Backward Classes 14 100 Economically Weaker Sections 10 BC are currently classified as being in Annexure 1 and Annexure 2 101 Maharashtra Scheduled Castes SC 13 102 Scheduled Tribes ST 7 Other Backward Classes OBC 19 Special Backward Classes SBC 2 Nomadic Tribes A Vimukta jati 3 Nomadic Tribes B 2 5 Nomadic Tribes C Dhangar 3 5 Nomadic Tribes D Vanjari 2 Economically Weaker Sections EWS 10 Maharashtra has 62 reservation in educational institutions and government jobs 103 104 Uttarakhand Scheduled Castes 19 Scheduled Tribes 4 Other Backward Classes 14 Economically Weaker Sections 10 Uttarakhand has 47 reservation in educational institutions and government jobs In addition to vertical reservation the state gives 30 horizontal reservation to women 5 to the ex servicemen ES 4 to persons with disability PWD 2 to the dependants of freedom fighters DFF and 5 to the orphans residing in the state run orphanages 105 See also editNari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Backwardism Affirmative action Caste The Origins of Our Discontents Court cases related to reservation in India Forward caste Racial quota Reserved political positions in India Caste politics Reservation policy in Tamil Nadu Jat reservation agitation Reverse discrimination in IndiaNotes edit Included among the high office holders are the President of India the Vice President of India Judges of the Supreme Court of India the High Courts chairman the members of Union Public Service Commission members of the State Public Service Commission Chief Election Commissioner Comptroller Auditor General of India or any person holding positions of a constitutional nature 62 Included among this category are Class I or Class II officers unless dead or incapacitated 63 The criteria used for Group A and B are the same as the employees of the Public sector 62 High ranks include the rank of colonel and above in the army or in equivalent posts in the Navy the Air Force and the Paramilitary Force But that will hold true provided that the wife of an armed forces officer is herself in the armed forces i e the category under consideration the rule of exclusion will apply only when she herself has reached the rank of Colonel the service ranks below Colonel of husband and wife shall not be clubbed together if the wife of an officer in the armed forces is in civil employment this will not be taken into account for applying the rule of exclusion unless she falls in the service category under item No II in which case the criteria and conditions 62 If a person has a high paying job such as physician lawyer chartered accountant income tax consultant financial or management consultant dental surgeon engineer architect computer specialist film artist or other film professionals author playwright sports person sports professional media professional or any other vocations of like status If the husband holds one of the above jobs and the wife does not then the husband s income will be taken into consideration and if the wife holds one of the above jobs then the wife s income will be taken into consideration The income of the family as a whole will be taken into account because the whole point of the reservation system is to raise the social status of the people that belong to the SC s ST s and OBCs and if a family s income is high already it is considered that it raises their social status as well 62 Included in this category are those who have irrigated land area which is equal to or more than 85 of the statutory ceiling area will be excluded from the reservation They would only be under reservation if the land is exclusively unirrigated Those with vacant buildings can use them for residential industrial or commercial purposes hence they are not covered under reservations 62 This income does not include salaried income and agricultural income Such institutions include the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Homi Bhabha National Institute and its ten constituent units the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Shillong Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Thiruvananthapuram and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Dehradun 64 65 References edit Reservation Is About Adequate Representation Not Poverty Eradication The Wire Retrieved 19 December 2020 Rajagopal Krishnadas 11 June 2020 Right to reservation is not a fundamental right observes SC judge as parties withdraw plea for quota The Hindu ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 19 December 2020 reservation in india 3 March 2019 a b Laskar Mehbubul Hassan Rethinking Reservation in Higher EDUCATION in India PDF ILI Law Review pp 29 30 Archived from the original PDF on 25 April 2012 Ghadyalpatil Abhiram 10 August 2018 Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati of Kolhapur a reformer ahead of his time mint Retrieved 2 October 2021 Reserved uncertainty or deserved certainty Reservation debate back in Mysuru The New Indian Express Retrieved 21 November 2021 Menon V P 1957 Transfer of Power in India Reprinted ed Orient Blackswan pp 49 50 ISBN 978 81 250 0884 2 Human Development Report 2016 PDF UNDP p 119 Retrieved 21 March 2017 Passin Herbert October 1955 Untouchability in the Far East Monumenta Nipponica 11 3 247 267 doi 10 2307 2382914 JSTOR 2382914 Educational Safeguards Department of Education Government of India Archived from the original on 19 June 2009 Retrieved 27 November 2011 a b Bhattacharya Amit 8 April 2006 Who are the OBCs The Times of India Archived from the original on 27 June 2006 Retrieved 19 April 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brought in one class or group then any further benefit extended for promotion on the inequality existing prior to being brought in the group would be treating equals unequally It would not be eradicating the effects of past discrimination but perpetuating it Quotas for poor among forward castes upheld Here s the case and what the SC has ruled 7 November 2022 Supreme Court upholds EWS quota in 3 2 split verdict CJI in minority The Times of India Reservation policy cannot stay for indefinite period says Supreme Court The Hindu 7 November 2022 BJP s OBC pitch How stronger new backward classes panel will function The Indian Express 18 April 2017 Seventy Seventh Amendment Indiacode nic in Retrieved 19 November 2011 Eighty Fifth Amendment Indiacode nic in 4 January 2002 Retrieved 19 November 2011 Eighty First Amendment Indiacode nic in 29 August 1997 Retrieved 19 November 2011 Eighty Second Amendment Indiacode nic in Retrieved 19 November 2011 Kapadia S H M Nagaraj amp Others vs Union of India amp Others on 19 October 2006 Retrieved 22 August 2012 We reiterate that the ceiling limit of 50 the concept of creamy layer and the compelling reasons namely backwardness inadequacy of representation and overall administrative efficiency are all constitutional requirements without which the structure of equality of opportunity in Article 16 would collapse As stated above the impugned provision is an enabling provision The State is not bound to make reservation for SC ST in matter of promotions Promotion quota not legally sustainable HC The Times of India 5 January 2011 Archived from the original on 26 January 2013 Retrieved 10 August 2012 Supreme Court upholds High court s decision to quash quota in promotion The Times of India 28 April 2012 Archived from the original on 10 May 2013 Retrieved 10 August 2012 Guess how many Indians get merit based scholarship Rediff 1 September 2014 Retrieved 8 May 2016 a b Affirmative Action and Peer Effects Evidence from Caste Based Reservation 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Marathas and Patels Want Quotas But Do They Need Them Economic and Political Weekly 7 8 5 June 2015 Andhra s caste reservation protests to return Garp leaders chalk out action plan The News Minute 3 December 2016 Retrieved 8 February 2021 Why trouble is brewing in Andhra over Garp reservation once more The News Minute 17 July 2019 Retrieved 8 February 2021 Supreme Court declares Maratha quota law unconstitutional The Hindu 5 May 2021 Retrieved 21 November 2021 ET Explains What is Constitution One Hundred And third Amendment Bill 2019 The Economic Times 9 January 2019 In depth Who is eligible for the new reservation quota for general category Business Today 8 January 2019 Challenge to reservation for economically poor 1 Law Street 11 February 2019 Retrieved 20 February 2019 a b c d e f Judgement Writ Petition Civil No 930 of 1990 Indira Sawhney Versus Union of India And others 16 11 1992 PDF National Commission for Backward Classes Retrieved 5 November 2011 Office Memorandum ncbc nic in pp 7 8 Press Information Bureau English Releases Retrieved 2 February 2015 Extraordinary Part II Section I PDF The Gazette of India Retrieved 24 February 2019 Two Year Post Graduate Programme in Management Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Reservation of Seats UCEED Concessions Provided for Students National Institute of Technology Patna No quota in higher medicine SC The Telegraph 27 October 2015 dead link Supreme Court keeps stated salary and agriculture out of creamy layer The Telegraph India Retrieved 12 February 2023 Weeks before UP polls Modi govt shelves proposal to change eligibility for OBC creamy layer ThePrint Retrieved 12 February 2023 Govt takes OBC creamy layer to drawing board The Economic Times Retrieved 12 February 2023 Form of Certificate to be Produced by a Candidate Belonging to Ews Category PDF Retrieved 12 February 2023 Advertisement of Non Faculty Posts 02 2023 to 06 2023 PDF National Institute of Technology Jalandhar Rs 8 lakh income criterion for EWS more stringent than one for OBC creamy layer Centre to Supreme Court The Economic Times Retrieved 12 February 2023 Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections EWSs in direct recruitment in civil posts and services in the Government of India PDF Department of Personnel amp Training Retrieved 12 February 2023 Supreme Court Of India Judgement Information System Scourge of reservation The invisible creamy layer The Pioneer Explained Order reserved The Indian Express For an equitable society reservations must be extended to private sector The Indian Express 23 October 2015 Retrieved 8 May 2016 Plea to reconsider judgement in Indra Sawhney case of 1992 The Hindu Can t keep SC ST creamy layer out of quota benefits Times of India The Times of India Retrieved 24 February 2019 Raise creamy layer to Rs 10 5 lakh OBC panel The Times of India OBC panel backs off won t make creamy layer reservation criteria stringent The Times of India OBC sub division relaxing creamy layer is a must NCBC tells govt The Times of India Raise creamy layer to Rs 10 5 lakh OBC panel The Times of India Retrieved 8 May 2016 Poll bound Assam reserves medical seats for 3 communities demanding ST status The Hindu 1 November 2020 ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 8 February 2021 Assam Becomes Fourth State to Approve 10 Quota for Economically Weaker Sections News18 22 January 2019 Retrieved 8 February 2021 203 castes in Bihar to choose from as 2nd leg of survey begins April 15 Kumar Madan 25 January 2018 EBC Nitish bats for EBC quota in central jobs varsities The Times of India Retrieved 8 February 2021 Tewary Amarnath 21 January 2019 10 reservation for EWS will be implemented in Bihar too says Nitish Kumar The Hindu ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 31 March 2021 Vijay Singh Thakur 2 March 2020 Chhattisgarh Ordinance on OBC quota hike to 27 has lapsed says high court Raipur News Times of India The Times of India Retrieved 28 October 2021 Choudhary Amit Anand 30 August 2018 Delhi to follow pan India rule for SC ST 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Jharkhand PDF Government of Jharkhand Political reservation for OBCs now a Maha issue Deccan Herald 30 December 2021 Retrieved 12 February 2022 Bill for 16 Maratha quota for PG Medical admission passes Maharashtra legislature test Key points to know Zee Business 21 June 2019 Retrieved 23 June 2019 Cabinet approves 10 quota for EWS in general category businessline Retrieved 23 June 2019 Determination of Post Based Roster Policy PDF Uttarakhand Public Service Commission in Hindi 22 May 2020 Retrieved 7 November 2022 https m thewire in article government jharkhand raises reservations for sc st obc ews groups to 77Further reading editShourie Arun 2012 Falling over backwards An essay on reservations and judicial populism New Delhi HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978 93 5029 355 3 Joseph Manu 23 August 2004 What If Reservations Had Come To An End In 1960 Outlook Retrieved 10 April 2018 External links editNational Commission for Backward Classes National Commission for Scheduled Castes National 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