Have you ever been a victim or a beneficiary of the government of
India’s policy of reservation? You have reached the right place if your answer
is in affirmative and for all others, please don’t waste your time in experiencing
one over here. The idea of the post came after I watched Prakash Jha directed full
of social and political drama movie Aarakshan last weekend.
Framers of the constitution of India in order to provide equal opportunities
to the oppressed lower caste people came out with a questionable and
short-sighted idea of providing them with a tool known as reservations. It reserves
certain number of posts in public sector units and in all public and private
educational institutions for the lower castes.
Reservations over the years changed its prime facia from being given only on the basis of caste initially to particulars like sex, state of domicile, rural
people, religion, defence background, sports, NRI, etc making it into the
eligibility criteria to avail one now.
Reservations should be based on economic status instead of
caste-based-reservations.
Constitution makers in order to avoid widespread resentment
created a speculated deadline of ten years to implement reservation with full
vigour to wash away all the inequality perpetuating in the society. But due to corrupt
vote-bank political practises each successive government in the centre has only
increased the speculated time period and even after 65 years of Independence
the inequality exists.
Ironically the same constitution guarantee each and every Indian
right to equality which is fully undermine by the right to reservation. People
supporting it often cry foul of reservations being instrumental in delivering social
justice but sadly none government dared to review the actual impact of such
policies. Not only reservation schemes weaken equality laws but also it bore
from within the quality of education.
Reservation is a tool to meet narrow political ends.
Over the years caste based reservation have wrecked the social fabric of
the country instead of providing a environment of harmony and peace as envisaged
in the constitution. Reservations cause friction among social groups. Sadly there
are instances where castes not included in the reservation fight and clashes
with government to also get admitted and enjoy benefits of reservations.
Reservation system with rising unemployment has created a large scale
civil unrest in the minds of higher caste people. More and more students from
higher castes are leaving the country for foreign universities which has aggravated
the problem of brain drain. Half of India living in the villages devoid of
schools, hospitals and basic infrastructure don’t need reservations for higher
education but socio-economic development in the grass root level.
A year
back the women's quota bill was introduced in the parliament thus increasing
the competition for victimhood status. Interestingly in few states reservation
exceeds even beyond 50% mark thus making it hard for general category to strive
for air of progress.
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