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The 10% quota is caste still an indicator of backwardness?

Ashwini Deshpande, Rajesh Ramachandran

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Abstract

The 10% quota for the economically weaker sections completely overturns the original logic of reservations on its head, while misconstruing the EWS category itself. Data suggests that caste remains a critical marker of disadvantage, even amongst the “poor.”

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)27-32
Number of pages6
JournalEconomic and Political Weekly
Volume54
Issue number13
Publication statusPublished - 30 Mar 2019

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