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Rebooting Mandal, Nitish Kumar reinvents his politics, catapults caste into centre stage before 2024 | Political Pulse News

2023-11-11 05:46 PM

Social justice politics centred on backward classes has returned to top the agenda of political parties, with the Bihar Assembly and Legislative Council now passing the Bill to hike the overall quota in educational institutions and government jobs for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from …

Bihar Passes Bill To Raise Caste Quota To 65%, Past Supreme Court Cap

2023-11-09 03:57 PM

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s government tabled the quota amendment bill yesterday (File). Patna: 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. This is well past the Supreme Court’s 50 …

Decoding findings of Bihar’s caste survey report | Latest News India

2023-11-09 03:13 PM2023-11-08 06:24 AM

Patna: The detailed results of Bihar’s milestone and controversial caste survey were made public on Tuesday during the ongoing winter session of the state assembly. The survey – which successfully counted all castes for the first time since Independence – was completed earlier this year, and its preliminary results were announced in October. The wider, …

Over 42% SC, ST Families Poor, Says Bihar Caste Survey

2023-11-09 03:14 PM2023-11-07 03:09 PM

New Delhi: The second tranche of data from the Bihar government’s caste-based survey – and the full report on the economic condition of 215 Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes – was tabled in the Assembly this afternoon. According to the report, more than 42 per cent of families from Scheduled …