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The protests also highlighted the tensions created between by the reservation policies of the government when 4 people were killed in a clash between another Rajasthan community -- the Meenas, who are already included in the lowest category of castes -- and the Gujjars, who were demanding the downgrade (Ibid.)
Another drawback of the reservation system in India is that it has only helped the privileged "creamy layers" of the Scheduled Castes, creating a 'super-caste' within a caste, while a vast majority of the underprivileged dalits, adivasis and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) have not benefited to a significant extent. The policy also severely compromises quality and the notion of meritocracy that is so essential for meaningful competition in an increasingly globalized world community.
Despite serious problems with India's reservation policy, it continues to thrive and even expand in scope. This is mainly because politicians have a vested interest in promoting the politics of reservation: it keeps the lower castes satisfied and the more cynical politicians even use it as a tool for consolidating...
The alternative to this 'easy way out' is more difficult and takes greater effort on the part of policy-makers: it includes provision of free or affordable, quality education in schools which are accessible to everyone; land reforms that re-distribute to the actual cultivator, strict implementation of minimum wages, and a policy of true meritocracy that does not discriminate on the basis of caste or creed.
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Mukherjee, Aruni (2006). "The Quagmire of Caste Reservations." South Asian Analysis Group
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The current Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh, has pushed for increasing the reservation quota for the backward castes and to extend the scope of quotas to the private sector during his tenure (Mukherjee, 2006)
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