reservation in india

1. RESERVATION IN INDIA
 DEFINITION
 Reservation in India is the process of setting aside a certain percentage
of seats (vacancies) in government institutions for members
of backward and under representated communities.
 BENIFICIARIES
 SC(15%),ST(7.5%),OBC(27%)
 Females
 Christians & Muslims
 Physically challenged
 History of reservation
 MIXED RESPONSE
 Praised for diminishing gap between upper & lower castes
 Criticized for discouraging merit based system & encouraging vote bank
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2. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
 Why Reservation?
 +For physically handicapped
 +For poor people
 -Decreases quality(example : teaching field)
 -Cannot be helpful for poor people in upper castes
 -One of the reasons that increases caste feeling in students
 -Leads to downfall of country
 CONCLUSION
 Reservation should be stopped & the government should find
alternatives for the equality
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