Reservation Quota strictly for the deserving!

I think the ongoing reservation system is based on the caste.It was done to upgrade the lower classes and to have their involvement in all the important spheres of professionalism.But yes,off late it has become very unfair as you have pointed.
I think it would be better to replace it on the basis of poverty line.Those below poverty line can have some quota,and all others in one single category.I dunno and I think people here can suggest much better than as I am not from Economics or Humanities background.

Yes, I agree with you and that too coming from a person who actually did have to go through struggle while doing her PMT exam. I got 191 rank and how i wanted to get admission in one of the reputable college but couldn't just cuz seat was reserved for SC/BC -- i mean i had more marks and a better rank but the seat which i deserved was given to a person who had almost 500th rank and its not that they were below poverty line or something, they did education in elite school, had everything for a normal living, every freaking thing which a general category person have. So, its somehow IS unfair on general people who put so much effort to achieve their goals and yet struggle to find seat for themselves.

Originally posted by: No2Pencil

Yes, I agree with you and that too coming from a person who actually did have to go through struggle while doing her PMT exam. I got 191 rank and how i wanted to get admission in one of the reputable college but couldn't just cuz seat was reserved for SC/BC -- i mean i had more marks and a better rank but the seat which i deserved was given to a person who had almost 500th rank and its not that they were below poverty line or something, they did education in elite school, had everything for a normal living, every freaking thing which a general category person have. So, its somehow IS unfair on general people who put so much effort to achieve their goals and yet struggle to find seat for themselves.

What is the criteria for deserving?

I have to agree with all of you here because off late reservation system is getting over used in every field despite of the fact that the candidate is not deserving such a good things and those who deserves it are lacking behind because they have no reservations.

I really couldn't agree more.
The reservation system is divided between Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribes, NT1,NT2 and NT3.
Out of a hundered seats, more than 85% has been reserved for them. The rest 15% is left to divided among the open category where they further divide into reservation of seats for linguistic monority and inhouse students.
I passed out of 12th grade,CBSE with a 89.9%.
It disheartens me to say this, but the first merit list was closed at 95.5% for the open category and it went till 71.3% in the lingiustic minority and inhouse.
It went as far till 62% in reserved category.
Students who have a weak economic background, they should be provided with seats.
Students whose parents have no problem in paying for the fees, they shouldn't get the seats.
We open category have to fight tooth and nail to get a seat even when our marks are far better than them.
It shouldn't be called a "merit list" anymore when the system blatantly ignores the "merit".
The constitution had said that this reservation system is to uplift the backward classes. It had also mentioned that it was to close down after 15 or 10 years.
64 years later, we have reached nowhere.
Open categories should have seats reserved from now -.-
P.S- Sorry I had a lot to vent. Had been holding it in me since July, from when the lists came out.
This is commerce colleges though. But all my science stream friends had endured the same and were forced to wait till late august for cap rounds declaration.
-Sanika

Besides reservation on the basis of caste there exists reservation on the basis of geographical location, religion, gender, physical disability, sponsored candidate and management quota, yet somehow all complaints seem to be directed towards the reservation on the basis of caste only and not much has been said on the other several categories which also violates the admission on "merit" .🤔Perhaps "merit" here could mean something more than just academic performance in the boards.

^ yeah, that is what I meant by Linguistic minority.Good commerce colleges in Mumbai like Xavierhave christian minority, HR,Jai hind and Podar have Sindhi quota.
Narsee Monjee and Mithibao hve Gujrati quotas.
it os eeally annoying -.-