05-30-2007, 01:08 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>A fallout of quota politics </b>
pioneer.com
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi
The Gujjar violence in Rajasthan is the manifestation of lopsided benefits of quota percolating among the targeted groups. Tuesday's skirmishes could be the tip of the unrest brewing in many States.
The socially, economically and educationally better off among other backward castes, SCs and STs have been the major beneficiary of quota, while the less mortals among them stand left out even after years of quota facility.
<b>"In Rajasthan, Gujjars, currently treated as other backward classes, want to be clubbed with Meenas, Scheduled Tribes to whom they are socially much closer, but find themselves at the receiving end when it comes to availing the quota benefits.</b> Meenas are the key beneficiary of quota not only in the State services but also at the Centre," a Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry official said.
Since the Gujjars have to face stiff competition from other backward classes, mainly Yadavs, Jats, Kushwahas and other castes, they feel that their inclusion in the list of STs would help them reap quota benefits.
There is unrest even among a section of Meenas to exclude the creamy layer among them from the ambit of quota. They have even petitioned the office of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure 'equity' in the distribution of quota benefits among them.
The PMO referred the representation from the Akhil Bharatiya Meena Sangh (ABMS) to the Social Justice and Empowered (SJ&E) Ministry for appropriate action. In the petition, <b>the Sangh claimed that 90 per cent Meenas have not been able to reap the benefits of quota as the rich among them usurp their share.</b>
"Without excluding the creamy layer from the ambit of quota, the dream of social justice cannot be realised," Sangh president Rambhajan Meena has stated in the petition to the PMO.
A similar fight is already going on between Malas and Madigas, the two powerful SC groups, in Andhra Pradesh. The Madigas have accused Malas of usurping the share of other SC groups in the Government jobs in the State. The Madigas are the majority Scheduled Castes group in the State with 68-lakh population after the Malas, but their presence in the Government jobs is not in proportion to their population.
The Centre has now set up a one-member commission headed by Justice Usha Mehra, retired judge of Delhi High Court, to look into the matter and suggest ways to end the row.
The inequitable distribution of quota is viewed as a major stumbling block in filling up the seats of 27, 15 and 7.5 per cent earmarked for OBCs, SCs and STs respectively. As per the latest national data with the Ministry, SCs account for only 11.93 per cent in Group A services against the quota of 15 per cent. OBCs representation in the central Group A and B services is less than 5 per cent.
Â
"A few castes from OBCs, SCs and STs cannot make the quota earmarked for them. <b>Only Meenas cannot account for 7.5 per cent of ST quota unless other tribes are also allowed to reap its benefits. It is true in the case of SCs and OBCs as well, where benefits are restricted only to a few castes," </b>a Ministry official said.
The overall representation of STs in Group A and B services stands at 4.18 and 4.32 per cent respectively. Their representation in Group C Central Government services is a bit better at 6.96 per cent against 7.5 per cent quota.
Â
<b>The tribal dominated States like Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have produced just a single IAS officer in the past six years</b>. It is even worse in the case of engineering services where none of the tribal aspirants from these States could manage to get through while in<b> Combined Medical Services Examination, one ST candidate could get a job a year</b>.
According to Census 2001, Scheduled Tribes form 31.8 per cent of the total population of Chhattisgarh, 20.3 per cent in Madhya Pradesh and 26.3 per cent in Jharkhand. The number of triabls from Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in civil services has been quite abysmal during the past five years.
As per the data of DOPT, just two tribals could get through IAS from Jharkhand between 2000 to 2005, while in other elite services such as IPS, IRS, IFS and other grade one Central services, no tribal candidate from Jharkhand could get a single posting in these services.
In the Central Engineering Services, just a single tribal candidate from Madhya Pradesh got a job during the past five years. In Medical Services Examination too, four candidates from Jharkhand got through during the past five years
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Moron Singh's policies are paying dividend. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
exclusion of the creamy layer is against DMK and PMK genius thinking.
Moron Singh can't understand simple straight logic.
pioneer.com
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi
The Gujjar violence in Rajasthan is the manifestation of lopsided benefits of quota percolating among the targeted groups. Tuesday's skirmishes could be the tip of the unrest brewing in many States.
The socially, economically and educationally better off among other backward castes, SCs and STs have been the major beneficiary of quota, while the less mortals among them stand left out even after years of quota facility.
<b>"In Rajasthan, Gujjars, currently treated as other backward classes, want to be clubbed with Meenas, Scheduled Tribes to whom they are socially much closer, but find themselves at the receiving end when it comes to availing the quota benefits.</b> Meenas are the key beneficiary of quota not only in the State services but also at the Centre," a Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry official said.
Since the Gujjars have to face stiff competition from other backward classes, mainly Yadavs, Jats, Kushwahas and other castes, they feel that their inclusion in the list of STs would help them reap quota benefits.
There is unrest even among a section of Meenas to exclude the creamy layer among them from the ambit of quota. They have even petitioned the office of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure 'equity' in the distribution of quota benefits among them.
The PMO referred the representation from the Akhil Bharatiya Meena Sangh (ABMS) to the Social Justice and Empowered (SJ&E) Ministry for appropriate action. In the petition, <b>the Sangh claimed that 90 per cent Meenas have not been able to reap the benefits of quota as the rich among them usurp their share.</b>
"Without excluding the creamy layer from the ambit of quota, the dream of social justice cannot be realised," Sangh president Rambhajan Meena has stated in the petition to the PMO.
A similar fight is already going on between Malas and Madigas, the two powerful SC groups, in Andhra Pradesh. The Madigas have accused Malas of usurping the share of other SC groups in the Government jobs in the State. The Madigas are the majority Scheduled Castes group in the State with 68-lakh population after the Malas, but their presence in the Government jobs is not in proportion to their population.
The Centre has now set up a one-member commission headed by Justice Usha Mehra, retired judge of Delhi High Court, to look into the matter and suggest ways to end the row.
The inequitable distribution of quota is viewed as a major stumbling block in filling up the seats of 27, 15 and 7.5 per cent earmarked for OBCs, SCs and STs respectively. As per the latest national data with the Ministry, SCs account for only 11.93 per cent in Group A services against the quota of 15 per cent. OBCs representation in the central Group A and B services is less than 5 per cent.
Â
"A few castes from OBCs, SCs and STs cannot make the quota earmarked for them. <b>Only Meenas cannot account for 7.5 per cent of ST quota unless other tribes are also allowed to reap its benefits. It is true in the case of SCs and OBCs as well, where benefits are restricted only to a few castes," </b>a Ministry official said.
The overall representation of STs in Group A and B services stands at 4.18 and 4.32 per cent respectively. Their representation in Group C Central Government services is a bit better at 6.96 per cent against 7.5 per cent quota.
Â
<b>The tribal dominated States like Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have produced just a single IAS officer in the past six years</b>. It is even worse in the case of engineering services where none of the tribal aspirants from these States could manage to get through while in<b> Combined Medical Services Examination, one ST candidate could get a job a year</b>.
According to Census 2001, Scheduled Tribes form 31.8 per cent of the total population of Chhattisgarh, 20.3 per cent in Madhya Pradesh and 26.3 per cent in Jharkhand. The number of triabls from Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in civil services has been quite abysmal during the past five years.
As per the data of DOPT, just two tribals could get through IAS from Jharkhand between 2000 to 2005, while in other elite services such as IPS, IRS, IFS and other grade one Central services, no tribal candidate from Jharkhand could get a single posting in these services.
In the Central Engineering Services, just a single tribal candidate from Madhya Pradesh got a job during the past five years. In Medical Services Examination too, four candidates from Jharkhand got through during the past five years
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Moron Singh's policies are paying dividend. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> exclusion of the creamy layer is against DMK and PMK genius thinking.
Moron Singh can't understand simple straight logic.