Quota quagmire

A constitutional amendment to allow a promotion quota for Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC and ST) in jobs has been demanded in the Rajya Sabha following the Supreme Court's recent quashing of the UP government's 2007 decision to that effect. This would only aid the detrimental process of caste-identity consolidation that has been a main barrier against the necessity of breaking down caste-identity paradigms in India.

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