Reservation - Apprentice

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Parliament clears the bill for 10% reservation for the economically weaker upper class

ByShantanu Rawat
January 30, 2019

The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019 which amends Article 16 of the Constitution to provide 10% reservation for the general category Economically Weaker Section for government jobs and admission to higher educational institutions. But will it pass the judicial scrutiny is what is debated.

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Blast from the Past- Constituent Assembly Debates: an underrated bedrock of the nation

ByShantanu Rawat
January 28, 2019

The Constituent Assembly was the pioneering set of individuals who set out to create the Constitution for the world’s largest democracy. From Fundamental Rights to National Language, all controversial aspects were discussed and debated by the Assembly and became part of the Constitution, but still, there is a lack of awareness of their importance.