The legislation, passed in the Legislative Assembly recently, will transform the urban slum areas, thus promoting sustainable growth of the cities, according to an official spokesperson, who underlined the importance of the Act in addressing the needs of the slum dwellers, in line with Amarinder’s commitment to the same.
March 9, 2020Colleges like Miranda House, Daulat Ram College, Kirori Mal College, Lady Shri Ram College have all witnessed vacant seats for the EWS category, especially in major courses like English and Political Science.
July 13, 2019The economically weaker section can apply for civil jobs once the notification is issued. There will also be reservation for EWS for admission to any educational institution. Both the Congress and the CPI-M hailed the decision.
July 3, 2019Criticism that the normative appeal of affirmative action will be diluted by introduction of economic quota is ill-founded
February 20, 2019The unreserved category itself is a class and it is not an option for the State to effect reservations on the grounds that a part of this section is economically weaker as envisaged by the government
January 16, 2019Admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act’s 25 per cent reservation in self-financed schools for economically weaker section (EWS) and disadvantaged groups (DGs) are apparently being denied in Punjab. The Leader of Opposition and AamAadmi Party (AAP) leader, Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Tuesday said EWS and DGs are being denied the right to get …
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February 13, 2018Country's largest lender State Bank of India on Friday said it has signed an agreement with German KfW Development Bank for $274 million (Rs.1,800 crore) loan facility to finance affordable housing segment in the country. With its focus on housing loans for economically weaker sections (EWS) and lower income group (LIG) households, the facility is …
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March 10, 2017Country's largest lender State Bank of India on Friday said it has signed an agreement with German KfW Development Bank for $274 million (Rs.1,800 crore) loan facility to finance affordable housing segment in the country. With its focus on housing loans for economically weaker sections (EWS) and lower income group (LIG) households, the facility is …
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March 10, 2017Delhi High Court on Monday asked a private school here why it was not abiding by a court order directing it to admit a disabled minor boy in Class 1 under the economically weaker section (EWS) category. "Now, there is a direction of this court (single judge), passed under … (an article of) the Constitution …
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