The Gavankars

After supreme court's historical verdict last week,it is now clear that 27 % OBC Quota will be implemented across all state run educational institutes from this year itself. However one thing which is not clear to me is,when the supreme court categorically told that a bachelor's degree is enough proof that the candidate is not "backward",then how come the quota will be applicable to PG institutes like IIM? Secondly,while the idea of creamy layer is being debated across all the forums these days,it is largely contained to reserved class candidates!No politician (surprisingly except Mayawati) talks about the "economically backard" criteria!Why can't we have a common criteria for all..the needy and poor students,no matter if they are brahmins or Dalit,should be provided with assistance.Also here are certain aspects of this whole debate I am putting across for larger review.Your comments are most welcome: 1.While it is true that Congress had been a strong su...

Hi All, This message is to let you all know that,as citizens of India,we can get our work done through the government with simple tools like Right to Information Act (RTI). Here is a personal example: I was inspired by the Right to Information campaign from Mr.Shailesh Gandhi and decided to use the act for getting the status of my Income Tax Return. My case was pretty simple:I received my refund order cheque for assessment year 2003-04 very late in Jan 2005 (The cheque was dated Oct 2004 and it was valid only for 3 months).So by the time actually I received the cheque,it was the last date of the validity. Still I deposited the same in my bank account and somehow it went for clearing on the last minute.The problem occurred when the bank returned the cheque to me next week saying that they did not receive the "payment advice" from the Income Tax department. Frustrated by the same I went to my CA who in turn told me to pay 10 % of the refund amount as bribe to the income tax o...