RE-IMAGINING RESERVATION POLICY : BUILDING A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX ( SDI ) FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH.
Imagine a multi storeyed building with no entry and no exit, and the people living in such a structure might have bodily growth but, what about the mind and soul? It will be a fixed canvas or a stagnant water prone to contamination, if such a structure is present in a society as a social institution, then, it produces only bodies but not minds. The caste system of India or the varnashrama dharma has resulted in exactly this. Recently, Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Justice B.R. Gavai has proposed the introduction of creamy layer among the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) and deny them the reservation benefits but, I believe he has taken a myopic view on the matter because of unique challenges being faced by the marginalized sections. THE CRACKS IN THE RESERVATION POLICY: Firstly, Indian constitution allows the state to provide reservation for backward classes of citizens including th...
