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Revisiting the 50% Quota Cap UPSC

India’s reservation system aims to provide affirmative action for socially and educationally backward classes, SCs, and STs to ensure substantive equality. The Supreme Court, notably in the landmark Indra Sawhney case (1992), had set a 50% ceiling on total reservations to maintain balance with the principle of equality and meritocracy. However, current political realities, demographic data, and judicial developments have brought calls to revisit this limit.

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