AMENDMENT IN RESERVATION SYSTEM
Reservation is a very heated topic in the Indian politics scenario, As of our great country’s Biggest Politics dramatic fest which is organized once in every 5 years which is known as “Union Elections” Reservation is one of the main topic of gathering mass vote from people which never happened until now, In January 2019, 124th constitution amendment bill was passed to grant 10% reservation for economically weaker sections of General Category in government jobs and in government & private educational institutions.
Article 15 and 16 of Indian constitution mentions about positive affirmative action for socially disadvantaged groups in education & employment respectively, In Indian constitution, there is no provision of economic basis reservation. So, to allow 10% reservation for economically weaker sections of General Category, government passed 124th constitutional amendment act, which added sub-clauses to Article 15 & 16.
Is the change good?
- This quota helps those who are really in need of reservation, but couldn’t avail it because of their General category tag. Some people in General category are in poverty from many generations. So, this bill helps those people.
- As India has caste based reservation system, poor among General Category people felt discriminated. Now this problem is solved to some extent with this bill.
- From the past few years, people of several communities from several states are protesting to add their communities to the reservation category. Kapus of Andhra Pradesh, Jats of Haryana & Patels of Gujarat are some communities that are protesting. With this 10% Quota, these communities may feel satisfied.
Unlikely to follow
- The concept of reservations or positive affirmative action is added because some communities have faced so much discrimination and assaults in the past & some communities are facing it even now. With these circumstances, it is difficult for people of these communities to get access to education & employment opportunities. So, to help these communities, the concept of reservations was introduced. But giving reservation on economic basis is not right because they have not faced discrimination & trauma like socially disadvantaged groups.
- In 1992, Supreme Court held that reservations should not be given solely on economic basis, but rather it should be given to distressed communities.
- This quota is applicable to those who have annual income of less then 8 lakh rupees. 95% of Indians fall into this category. So, approximately 95% people of General category now have 10% reservation. And hence there will so much competition for this 10% quota. Those who have access to better education will score well and will avail the reservation benefits. So, again the poor among general category are at loss.
- Supreme Court said in a judgment that reservations should not exceed 50%. This 10% quota disobeys this rule.
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