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Is there any quota for minorities in India?
Reservation For Minorities. At present, there is no reservation in Civil Posts and Services under the Government of India and admission to Central Educational Institutions for Minority Communities declared by the Central Government under Section 2(c) of National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
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How many seats are reserved for minorities?
Under Article 36 of the constitution, the State is obliged to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of minorities. Presently under Article 51(4) of the Constitution, ten seats are reserved for non Muslims in the National Assembly.
Does minority come under OBC?
OBC is not a minority community. OBC is a category used by the Government of India to classify people that are educationally or socially disadvantaged. Even though the term minority has been used in our constitution, the constitution has not attempted to define it.
Which caste has more reservation in UPSC?
Ans. In the UPSC CSE 2021, about 105 were reserved for SC candidates and about 60 seats were reserved for ST candidates. As per the policies of the Government of India, SC candidates are provided with a 15% reservation and ST candidates are provided with a 7.5% reservation.
Who is unfit for UPSC?
Diseases like hernia, varicose veins, hydrocele, haemorrhoids, etc. are declared temporarily unfit and should be declared fit after successful surgery. Candidates with malignancies at the time of entry to service are declared unfit. Candidates with transplanted organs are declared unfit.
What is minority quota?
In Minority Colleges 50% of the seats are for candidates belonging to Unreserved category and 50% are reserved for Minority candidates.
How many minorities are there in UPSC in India?
The Union government, under the National Commission on Minorities Act 1992 has recognized 6 minority communities that is Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, and Jains.
What is the meaning of 27 percent reservation?
The government announced a 27 per cent reservation for OBCs and a 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections in the all India quota scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses. The new reservation provision will be implemented in this year’s admission as well, the government said.
Which caste is minority?
Ans. Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jain and Zorastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
Who is counted as minority?
An ethnic, religious or linguistic minority is any group of persons which constitutes less than half of the population in the entire territory of a State whose members share common characteristics of culture, religion or language, or a combination of any of these.
