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Members of the upper caste Jaat community gather in Delhi to demand a greater quota in education and government jobs in New Delhi. Photo: Ramesh Sharma / India Today Group
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Govt offers quota benefits to poor upper-caste voters

by Shivam Vij January 8, 2019February 18, 2020

The Modi government has offered to extend affirmative action to the “economically weak sections” of India’s upper-caste Hindus along with some other communities. Being historically a privileged community, the upper castes do not enjoy the benefits of quotas for a fixed number of positions in government jobs. The move – likely to be politically motivated […]

Members of the Maratha community take part in a rally in Mumbai in August. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, South Asia

High court will have final say on Maharashtra quota meddling

by Kanchan Srivastava December 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian members of the Maratha community in the state of Maharashtra shout slogans during a protest in Mumbai on August 9, 2018. AFP PHOTO / PUNIT PARANJPE
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Politicians exploit caste tensions ahead of general election

by Kanchan Srivastava August 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Several Dalit organisations shout slogans as they hits an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a countrywide strike against the Supreme Court’s order of diluting the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, in Amritsar on April 2, 2018.
Punjab government has ordered the suspension of bus services and mobile internet services. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Dalits hold nationwide protests over Supreme Court’s ruling

by Kriti Singh April 2, 2018February 18, 2020

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