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Telangana Assembly Passes Bill To Increase Backward Classes Reservation To 42%
The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two bills to increase the reservation to backward classes to 42 per cent in educational institutions, employment and also elections to rural and urban local bodies.
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Bill To Provide Backward Quota In J&K Local Bodies Introduced In Lok Sabha
The Centre on Monday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Bihar Assembly Passes Bill For 65% Caste Quota, Past Supreme Court Cap
The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to increase reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and Extremely Backward Classes in state jobs and educational institutions to 65 per cent.
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No Congress PM From Other Backward Classes: Minister Attacks Rahul Gandhi
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday rebutted the allegations of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi that the Women's Reservation Bill lacked quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and stressed to focus on the facts.
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Very Disappointed There Is No OBC Quota In Women Bill: BJP's Uma Bharti
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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"Ensure Separate Quota Or...": Mayawati On Women's Reservation Bill
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that a separate quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) sections in the Women's Reservation Bill.
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Gujarat Raises Quota For Backward Classes In Local Bodies To 27 Per Cent
The BJP government in Gujarat has passed a bill in the assembly that raises reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities in local self-government bodies like panchayats, municipalities, and civic corporations to 27 per cent.
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Jharkhand Assembly Passes Bill To Raise Reservations For Poor, Backward Classes To 77%
A bill was passed in the Jharkhand assembly today to raise the total reservation offered to different categories to 77 per cent.
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NEET Shattered Dreams Of Aspirants From Backward Classes: Tamil Nadu Bill
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test is not a fair or equitable method of admission since it favoured the rich and elite sections of society, the preamble of the Bill to override NEET, which was passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday said.
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Opposition Raises Pegasus Issue Over Backward Classes Bill In Lok Sabha
Opposition MPs raised the Pegasus snooping issue in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday during a debate on a Constitution amendment bill that seeks to restore the states'' power to make their own OBC lists.
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Opposition Lends Support On Key OBC Bill Amid Clash With Government
A constitution amendment bill that gives states the right to make their own list of Other Backward Classes, got the support of the Opposition that continues to target the centre over a range of issues, including the farmers' protest.
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After Maratha Quota Row, Bill To Help States Edit Backward Classes' List
A constitution amendment bill that gives states the right to make their own list of Other Backward Classes, got a go ahead from the Union Cabinet today. The Centre is hoping to pass the bill in the Monsoon Session of parliament, sources said.
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Haryana Passes Right To Recall Bill For Panchayats, 50% Quota For Women
The Haryana Assembly on Friday passed a significant Bill which provides the right to recall members of Panchayati Raj institutions if they fail to perform and gives 50 percent reservation to women in these rural bodies.
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Maharashtra To Ratify Bill Extending Quota To Backward Classes Today
A special one-day session of the Maharashtra legislature will be held on Wednesday to ratify the Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill, which proposes to extend quota to SC/STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another 10 years.
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Government Withdraws Jammu And Kashmir Reservation Bill From Lok Sabha
The government on Wednesdaywithdrew the J-K Reservation Bill from the Lok Sabha as central laws providing quota to the economically backward class are now applicable to the union territory post repeal of special provisions under Article 370.
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Telangana Assembly Passes Bill To Increase Backward Classes Reservation To 42%
The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two bills to increase the reservation to backward classes to 42 per cent in educational institutions, employment and also elections to rural and urban local bodies.
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Bill To Provide Backward Quota In J&K Local Bodies Introduced In Lok Sabha
The Centre on Monday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Bihar Assembly Passes Bill For 65% Caste Quota, Past Supreme Court Cap
The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to increase reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and Extremely Backward Classes in state jobs and educational institutions to 65 per cent.
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No Congress PM From Other Backward Classes: Minister Attacks Rahul Gandhi
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday rebutted the allegations of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi that the Women's Reservation Bill lacked quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and stressed to focus on the facts.
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Very Disappointed There Is No OBC Quota In Women Bill: BJP's Uma Bharti
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she was disappointed that the bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies does not carve out a quota for women from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
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"Ensure Separate Quota Or...": Mayawati On Women's Reservation Bill
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that a separate quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) sections in the Women's Reservation Bill.
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Gujarat Raises Quota For Backward Classes In Local Bodies To 27 Per Cent
The BJP government in Gujarat has passed a bill in the assembly that raises reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities in local self-government bodies like panchayats, municipalities, and civic corporations to 27 per cent.
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Jharkhand Assembly Passes Bill To Raise Reservations For Poor, Backward Classes To 77%
A bill was passed in the Jharkhand assembly today to raise the total reservation offered to different categories to 77 per cent.
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NEET Shattered Dreams Of Aspirants From Backward Classes: Tamil Nadu Bill
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test is not a fair or equitable method of admission since it favoured the rich and elite sections of society, the preamble of the Bill to override NEET, which was passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday said.
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Opposition Raises Pegasus Issue Over Backward Classes Bill In Lok Sabha
Opposition MPs raised the Pegasus snooping issue in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday during a debate on a Constitution amendment bill that seeks to restore the states'' power to make their own OBC lists.
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Opposition Lends Support On Key OBC Bill Amid Clash With Government
A constitution amendment bill that gives states the right to make their own list of Other Backward Classes, got the support of the Opposition that continues to target the centre over a range of issues, including the farmers' protest.
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After Maratha Quota Row, Bill To Help States Edit Backward Classes' List
A constitution amendment bill that gives states the right to make their own list of Other Backward Classes, got a go ahead from the Union Cabinet today. The Centre is hoping to pass the bill in the Monsoon Session of parliament, sources said.
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Haryana Passes Right To Recall Bill For Panchayats, 50% Quota For Women
The Haryana Assembly on Friday passed a significant Bill which provides the right to recall members of Panchayati Raj institutions if they fail to perform and gives 50 percent reservation to women in these rural bodies.
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Maharashtra To Ratify Bill Extending Quota To Backward Classes Today
A special one-day session of the Maharashtra legislature will be held on Wednesday to ratify the Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill, which proposes to extend quota to SC/STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another 10 years.
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Government Withdraws Jammu And Kashmir Reservation Bill From Lok Sabha
The government on Wednesdaywithdrew the J-K Reservation Bill from the Lok Sabha as central laws providing quota to the economically backward class are now applicable to the union territory post repeal of special provisions under Article 370.
