Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Political gamesmanship over India’s reservations policy could cast a shadow over India’s ambitions of emerg¬ing as a global economic power in the 21st

And, in tune with the politics of compensation for such historical wrongs committed against the backward castes, the demand to extend the sphere of job reservations for SC/STs (Scheduled Cases and Scheduled Tribes) to the private sector is beginning to gain momentum.

When the UPA government came to power in 2004, it promised that it would “initiate a national dialogue with all political parties, industry and other organizations, to see how best the private sector can fulfill aspirations of SCs & STs.”

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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006