Other Backward Classes and the politics of reservations in India: Past and present

Zoya Hasan

No wp-2022-119, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The paper examines the existing state of reservations, more specifically, reservation policies and reservations for government jobs for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in India. It discusses the progression and ramifications of these policies and how they have affected the democratization of politics. However, reservations for the OBCs were controversial, unlike the reservations for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which were an accepted feature of government policy since Independence.

Keywords: Reservation; Caste; Class; Inclusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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