reservation policy

Agniveers: Haryana Cabinet okays policy to provide job, entrepreneurship opportunities to ex-Agniveers

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Agniveers: Haryana Cabinet okays policy to provide job, entrepreneurship opportunities to ex-Agniveers

The Haryana Cabinet on Monday approved a policy aimed at providing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities to Agniveers after completion of their service in the armed forces. The Haryana Agniveer Policy, 2024, offers benefits in government recruitment, including a 10 per cent horizontal reservation for Agniveers in direct recruitment for positions such as constable, mining guard, … Read more

NCBC may delist some of 37 castes from Bengal on central list

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NCBC may delist some of 37 castes from Bengal on central list

New Delhi: Thirty seven castes from West Bengal, included in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) by Congress-led UPA government before 2014 parliamentary elections, are now under the scanner of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) and some may be delisted. The move follows the order of Calcutta high court invalidating all OBC … Read more

Karnataka mandates quota in govt contract jobs | India News

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Karnataka mandates quota in govt contract jobs | India News

BENGALURU: Ringing in some good news for its 75,000-plus outsourced employees, Karnataka issued an order on Monday mandating reservation in govt contract jobs across all its departments, with 33% of these positions reserved for women.This was part of Congress’s manifesto announced for the assembly polls last year. It aligns with the existing reservation policy applied … Read more

Aligarh Muslim University can’t be minority institution, Centre tells Supreme Court

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Aligarh Muslim University can’t be minority institution, Centre tells Supreme Court

New Delhi, Aligarh Muslim University cannot be a minority institution given its “national character”, the Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court, which began hearing the hugely disputed question of the minority status of AMU. It said AMU is not and cannot be a university of any particular religion or religious denomination as any university … Read more