Other backward classes

The other backward classes (OBCs) constitute a little less than half of India’s electorate and are a vastly heterogeneous group. Photo: HT

The politics of reservations and the OBC vote

4 min read . 15 Nov 2017

Justice G. Rohini’s appointment to the OBC sub-categorization committee is strengthened by the fact that she is no stranger to the issue of reservation for the backward classes. Photo: Hindustan Times (Hindustan Times)

Justice G. Rohini, chief of OBC sub-categorization panel, is no stranger to quota issue

3 min read . 04 Oct 2017

President Ram Nath Kovind has formally signed off on the proposal to set up a commission to revisit the OBC quota norms. The Mandal Commission in 1990 had guaranteed 27% reservation for OBCs. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

NDA govt appoints Mandal 2.0, to redistribute OBC quota benefits

2 min read . 03 Oct 2017

BJP president Amit Shah with parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar (left) and minister of state S.S. Ahluwalia (third from right) in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: PTI

Amit Shah reads the riot act to 30 BJP MPs who skipped Rajya Sabha

3 min read . 02 Aug 2017

A UP cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav cleared the proposal to include 17 OBCs in the SC list. Photo: Hindustan Times

UP govt gives assent to include 17 OBCs in Scheduled Castes list

1 min read . 22 Dec 2016

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Bloomberg

Centre approves inclusion of 15 new castes in OBC list

1 min read . 30 Nov 2016

A file photo of Hardik Patel. Photo: PTI<br />

Opposition parties race to woo Hardik Patel ahead of Gujarat assembly polls

2 min read . 17 Jul 2016

Hardik Patel participates in a rally organized by Patidar community members to celebrate his release from prison, in Surat on Friday. Photo: PTI<br />

Will Hardik Patel’s release revive a headache for BJP in Gujarat?

4 min read . 15 Jul 2016

The Supreme Court said that possible wrong inclusion of a caste in the OBC list in the past cannot be the basis of further wrong inclusions. Photo: Mint<br />

Supreme Court scraps decision to include Jats in OBC category

3 min read . 18 Mar 2015

<br />Illustration: Jayachandran / Mint<br />

Casting away reservations

2 min read . 19 May 2010

<br />Showing the way: A photo of IIT Delhi. IITs have allowed ST and SC candidates who do not clear the joint entrance examination to take preparatory courses—and then gain admission in the next session. H<br />

Centre eyes IIT model to fill vacant quota seats

3 min read . 05 Nov 2008

Review panel says existing IIMs have to mentor new ones

Review panel says existing IIMs have to mentor new ones

3 min read . 20 Oct 2008

IITs confused over quotas, see legal challenges

IITs confused over quotas, see legal challenges

4 min read . 06 Aug 2008

<br />Mentor’s role: IIT Delhi will play host to the new IIT Punjab when its classes start in August as the latter doesn’t have a campus yet. Photograph: Harikrishna Katragadda / Mint <br />

85% quota seats going empty as candidates fail to make the grade

4 min read . 24 Jul 2008

<br />Pitched battle: Protesters pelt security personnel with stones and bricks during a demonstration at Aya Nagar in New Delhi on Thursday. Gujjars had called a bandh in the National Capital Region on Thu<br />

Gujjars see ST tag as ticket to development

3 min read . 30 May 2008

Supreme Court to hear Centre’s plea on OBC reservations today

Supreme Court to hear Centre’s plea on OBC reservations today

2 min read . 15 May 2008

<br />Quotable quote: Education is the only equalizer, says Arjun Singh.<br />

‘We don’t want an elitist society’

10 min read . 04 May 2008

The great Indian populism challenge

4 min read . 02 Mar 2008