Is India’s caste based reservation system fair and purposeful in its objective and implementation?

No it's an old system that needs to grow up. When I was in India alot of the Indians I talked to thought the system should go away (Brahmans may not like it )

funnysam2006

Caste based reservation isnt helping anyone except politicians. Agree completely with atlanindian on this.

What is needed is very good educational infrastructure that ensures all people get good education. All references to caste should be removed from everywhere. This is a sureshot way of eliminating caste and religious differences in India and the effects will be seen within a decade.

If a sound education policy and elimination of caste references had been followed since Independence Indian society would have been today free of any caste or religious differences.

sushobhan

no, it is an unproductive establishemnt as it fails to address the basic problem of lack of Primary Edu

questionwala

Reservation cannot be based on caste due to following logic
1. caste can not be the basis of poverty. Had this been true there would no poor other than hindoo society.
2. caste system only prevails in Hindoos so indirtectly the government is favouring Hindoos.
3. Indian constitution gives equal chances to all, but the caste based reservation pulls apart some people other than other.
4. It is no other than a political stunt because if 100% jobs are reserved still government may not be possible to give job to each youth of reserved catagory.

atlantindian

Yeah India's caste based reservation system is very and purposeful for the politicians. But not for the general public. In it's implementation it totally met it's objective. The main objective of India's caste based reservation system is to spilit Indians into several thousand groups so that the politicians can make these groups fight amongselves and there politicians can rule us and fool us. In this aspect Britishers were far better than Congresswalahs. They divided into only two groups Muslims and Hindus but our great Congresswalahs starting from Nehru to Man Mohan Singh have divided and are still in the process of dividing us further more so that they can hang to power. Yeah you're right caste distinction should be consigned to the garbage bin soon? But who does it? When you go the polling booth your also vote for your caste person not to the qualified person. Am I right?

kbn_25

No! It is not fair and purposeful in its objective! and its implementation in present political scenario is not at all feasible.
Not Govt. but all the political parties are only interested in vote and also creamy lair of the reserved casts fetch 99.99% benefit of the reservation, as 99.99% of down trodden doesn't reach +2 stander, and therefore how can they be benefited with it.
Further I am sure one day the reservation would be done away from what it is in shape to day.
I, on yahoo answers, had answered the similar questions, on reservation & education system, you may refer however one line here to write: "after +2 for further bachlor & master studies only deserving scholer be admitted and out of them who ever is not capable to pay fee thier study cost be funded by Govt. this would easily be ascirtainable in school itself.

cqm

(1) yes.Government is sincere in helping the deprived class.
(2) The reservations are given for the social equality and economic ups and downs have no place because a)rich or poor low caste is not treated as social equals and b) poverty is not a sigma but his caste is always.
(3)Low castes were suppressed thousands of years.Hence for them to be equal with others it may take some time. How much time depends on two aspects.;one is at what fast rate upper class wither away their holy of the holiest attitude and accept them along with governmental assistances to low castes and second is at what fast rate these downtrodden reach at least 60% of development in every field.
If both can happen tomorrow ,there will be no reservations of any kind from day after tomorrow. Unfortunately,if it will take generation after generations, it has to prolong till desired results are seen and after another generation,reservations can be stopped.
Being the affected, and with largest majority in a democratic country they will decide what is right to them; others have to simply obey .

Srikanth S

A burning question, all right. Back in the 1940's Gandhiji pleaded the nation to unite and not to get divided based on caste and religion. But now 60 years later, the government has embarked on a clear mission to divide and dilute India based on caste. It is evident from the way the government files petition after petition in the Supreme Court, without carrying out any rectification, that the move to implement reservation in educational institutions for the OBC's , is to capture votes and not to really help those people. This move will make those people more backward and deprive them of their existing benefits. Without proper population statistics and information regarding the creamy layer, any form of reservation will go to the hands of the privileged and not to the backward people. The intention is not to be blamed but the path on which the mission is embarking is to be blamed, as Gandhiji rightly says,"The means are as important as the end".

SESHUVEMU

There should not be any reservation in the country the studies should be based on the merit only.

gallo

This is a great question! From what I know about india, the caste system is really a holdover from British colonial rule, and God knows the imperial British were obsessed with the class structure to begin with.

What is really striking, I think, is that aspects of the class system have endured as long as they have. and that leads me to believe that in a democracy which strives for a transparent and liberalized participation process (as India undoubtedly does) -- there is still a clear sense of inequality across ethnic lines. In other words, if they;re still holding onto it, they must still believe in it. I think its too easy to blame the elites for maintaining that kind of control; on some level the people still accept it and endure it, for all its base flaws.

bzzz

Who can judge a person's or government's true motive? Even if they may be wanting votes of the poor masses and lower castes....if it ends up making the playing field more "even" with education and job opportunities...then doesn't that justify it?

*Vj ..... !!!â˜º

Its totally irrelevent in todays times.
The constitution was drafted almost 60yrs ago ....... wn the need was there .
Nowadays, people misuse it and its serving no purpose except rampant corruptiooooon.
It high time our people did away with the terms and drafted a new constitution altogether as per the changing times.
I"m sure u too will agree !!!!!!!!!!! Right ?

katkam v

Actually caste based reservation is fair because from the time of yore, poor have been exploited by the rich. At least now their descendents should have reservation to reach higher strata of society. Economic parameter shouldnot be criteria, reservation should be the basis of admission into higher courses. The implementation of Reservation Policy by the Government is political stunt to attract votes from the public.

Brahmanda

It is re discriminatory system as realised by Mayavati who changed her music suitably

Lavgan

My friend, caste based reservation system was only introduced as a open cheque book in the vote bank. That was the only objective, the only purpose. The politicians has been very successful in its implementation and would like the resevration to be extended to a wider spectrum so that there are enough votes to sustain the politicians.

India will never be a casteless system so long as there are politicans of the present calibre.

acsman123

first let us define talent, brilliancy, meritocracy in the context of indian hindus.over the years the varna by profession has been converted to castes by birth. and by this conversion most stupid by the societal parameters had been considered to be brahmin etc. the feudalistic attitude to corner the wealth is still intact. state is protecting interest of this self employed so called intelligentia ( upper castes by birth). today the miltary, the upper echlon of bureaucracy, the para-military are the most casteist elite group , overjealous to protect their ill-gotten wealth by hook or crook.
the 15 percent of the upper castes are enjoying the reservation of 50 percent of all the jobs . their son and daughters are having a ball of a time with 50 percent quota for the 15 percent population. Look at the private sector - they have only sweepers or labours from the lower castes as if all merits are shoved into upper castes . Nobody is born brilliant . it's a misnomer. prince became king not because he was brilliant but because he was prince by birth. Mr rahul bajaj wouldn't have cleared as a bank clerk but became a CEO of the M/S bajaj india because he was the eldest son of mr jamuna lal bajaj. There were plenty of meritorious people to take the job in bajaj india then and now.the person inherited gold is sure not to share his wealth with others. a upper castes birth certificate in more than many way a trump card. Ask the people in media why their host and hostesses belong to upper castes by defauly. nerit - my foot. The BC and OBCs are awakening. the judiciary dominated by casteist hindus, is last refuge of the upper castes . It is time resevation is extended to judiciry, armed forces , all so called elite institutions and even sports especislly cricket where lakhpaties/crorepaties are made by playing one match . it is time BCand OBC s are extended reservations in all sphere of life including in private companies. we have seen enough of the so called merits. we have scientists who can only copyand that too very poorly. we have bureacracy at tiop echlon pervaded by the upper castes amassing wealth for themselves. we have shankaracharyas, acharyas, dharmacharyas , sandhu and sants douling as murderers , defrauders. it's enough. we have lost our patience. it's the majority amongst hindus who are being deprieved of their legitimate share of the wealth.we will take over all temple trusts, all temple lands , all trusts and mistrusts . the supreme of NRI ( India ) must reconcile.it's exposed.it's bias towards upper castes is obvious. any anti-reservation agitation hyped by the casteist media both print and electronics ( most of the owners are upper castes ) will be crushed permanently. we don't need a raja of manda or a prince of churhat to get our due . it's the beginning of another freedom struggle which will transfer power from the upper castes to BC/OBCs. Be prepared to loose and leave the land if you wish to.

God BLESS America :)

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