Vol. 6 | issue 7 | August 2012
MY CORNER
reservation amitabh thakur
Don’t ignore the poor
If we base reservation on economic criterion, then alone will the truly
needy benefit and the the concept of equality upheld
needy benefit and the the concept of equality upheld
Reservation
in Government jobs has been one of the most controversial and
contentious topics in India, right from its inception. Today, it is
again being hugely debated, with the Central Government bringing in a
new bill as regards certain provisions related to reservations in
promotion. The genesis of this concept lies in the hierarchical caste
system in India, more so as regards those who have been called Shudras and Pancham,
previously regarded as outcasts or untouchables. The blatant inequality
of these groups led the Constitution-makers to opt for the provisions
of reservation. This happened despite there being very strong emphasis
of the Constitution on the concept of equality.
There
are many issues related with reservation, but the one I would
specifically like to discuss is as regards the logic of reservations
being made on the basis of economic criteria and not on the basis of
caste. This thought has been doing the rounds for long but with more and
more provisions coming in as regards caste-based reservations, a large
section of people are slowly converging to the idea for setting aside
all caste-based reservations and introducing the alternative form of
reservation based solely on economic criteria. This issue occupied the
national imagination, with an Office Memorandum being issued on
September 25, 1991, which provided for 27 per cent reservation to
Backward Classes and 10 per cent reservation to other economically
backward sections of people not covered by any of existing schemes of
reservation....................READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment