RESERVATION IN INDIA
KALPANA
B071
INTRODUCTION
In India, reservation is a form of affirmative action that aims to give
a set number of seats in educational and social institutions to various
under-represented groups. It is presented as a response to
discrimination perpetrated by India's upper castes. Reservation is one
of the fundamental rights granted to India's socially and
economically oppressed, underprivileged, and historically
marginalised people.
HISTORY OF RESERVATION
1. As early as 1902, Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj, Maharaja of Kolhapur in
Maharashtra, implemented reservations for backward classes in order to
relieve poverty and guarantee that they had a fair amount of involvement
in state administration and government.
2. Ambedkar was appointed to the Viceroy's Executive Council, and he
submitted a memorandum titled "On the Grievances of the Scheduled Castes,"
in which he detailed their injustices and demanded a number of things,
including reservation in public services, scholarships and stipends for study
both in India and abroad, and a share in contracts, among other things.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
1. To understand the problems of reservation in India.
2. To study the benefits of the reservation system in India.
3. To find the disadvantages of the reservation system in India.
RESEARCH GAP
1. This study will promote system development by providing a socially relevant tool and policymaker proposals to improve higher education in
India.
2. This study examines stakeholders' views of student and faculty quality standards.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The data collection method means the various sources from where the data has been collected by the researcher. There are several methods for the
collection of data, especially in surveys and descriptive research. For the purpose of the research, the primary data was collected through a close-
ended structured questionnaire which was designed pre hand and an online survey was done using Google forms. The online survey was the most
feasible form as the data was to be collected from a varied population in a short period of time.
FINDINGS
INTERPRETATION OF THE PRIMARY DATA COLLECTED THROUGH THE SURVEY-
YES
23%
THE DATA WAS ANALYZED USING THE CYLINDRICAL BAR-CHARTS WHICH SHOWS THAT THE
NO
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE DOES NOT WANT RESERVATION IN INDIA. 77%
1. There is reservation in almost in every sector whether it be school or universities, government jobs, railways, etc. This is only fair to Scheduled caste, Scheduled Tribes and
Other Backward Classes and no other caste. It seems that the reservation system was brought in for these particular castes.
2. The issue of reservation has remained a cause of disagreement between the reserved and the non-reserved sections of the society. While the unreserved
segments, keep on opposing the provision, the neediest sections from within the reserved sections are hardly aware of how to get benefited from the provision or
even whether there are such provisions. On the contrary, the creamy layer among the same segment is enjoying special privileges in the name of the reservation
and political factions are supporting them for vote banks.
SUGGESTIONS
Following are the suggestions for the reservation system
1. . The exact definition of Scheduled caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
2. A creamy layer should be applied to Scheduled caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward classes.
3. . There should be an economic criterion to identify caste or class.
4. There should be changes made in the admission policies in the educational sector.
5. Jobs should be given on a merit basis instead of a caste basis..
6. An upper cap of 20-25% of reservations should be put instead of 50%
7. Exempt important services like IAS/IPS, and doctors from the reservation.
8. .Reservation should be based on financial condition. Irrespective of caste.
9. Benefits should flow to underprivileged children. Though a reservation is applicable to the poor and
rich or literate and illiterate, benefits of reservation accrue for those who are already possessing
advantages such as wealth and education
CONCLUSION
• In the face of these problems that vitiate job reservation, it would be foolish
to see them as the sole policy instrument for fighting employment deprivation. Such
policies place little emphasis on improving the job-related attributes of Dalits. Given
the gulf in educational standards between Hindus and Dalits, another prong of
policy could indeed should, focus on improving the educational standards of Dalits.
• The root of the problem of poor Dalit achievements lies in the many
dysfunctional primary and secondary schools, in the villages and towns of India,
characterized by an absence of learning materials, teachers, and, sometimes, even
classrooms.
• Nor does the emphasis on effective learning at School Carry the
glamour associated with being a putative graduate of the Indian Institute of
Technology, the Indian Institute of Management, or the All-India Medical Institute.
But, before the vast mass of educationally and economically deprived children in
India (many of whom are Dalits) can meaningfully enter the portals of Universities
and Institutes of Higher Education they need to go to good schools.
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