These Seats Are Reserved Audiobook Libro.fm

Reservation or affirmative action is a hugely controversial policy in India While constitutionally mandated and with historians political scientists and social activists convinced of its need many resist it and consider it as compromising merit and against the principle of equality of opportunityIn These Seats Are Reserved Abhinav traces the history and making of the reservation policyHow were groups eligible for reservations identified and defined How were the terms depressed classes and backward classes used in British India and how have they evolved into the constitutional concepts of Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in the present dayThe book delves into the intellectual debates that took place on this matter in the Constituent Assembly the Supreme Court and Parliament Several contentious issues are examined dispassionately are reservations an exception to the principle of equality of opportunity Do quotas in government service undermine efficiency Can merit really be defined neutrally What is the thinking behind the rule that no more than 50 per cent of the available seats or positions can be reservedDeeply researched and ably narrated this volume is a compelling addition to every thinking individuals library