Reservations in the Private Sector

I want to ask few questions to those who are advocating reservation. Will they send their child to a teacher who became teacher through reservation? Will they take service of an engineer for building their house who became engineer through reservation?

Will they go for treatment to doctor who became doctor through reservation? If answer to this question is yes then they are right. Otherwise they are simply fooling themselves.

According to me, yes this reservation can be help poor peoples in education study. But today's situation is that number of peoples which are rich they also take number of benefits of this reservation.

And its necessary that system can be changed now by knowing the property of that person who takes benefit of reservation. So that I think this will be held only poor peoples not a rich. So number of peoples which are lower or upper class they are in same competition.

Since India is a democratic country therefore, there should be equality among all and through reservation equality is maintained in our country as it gives chance to backward classes. And according to our constitution we all have same fundamental rights and one of fundamental right is right against exploitation and since these classes are unaware of it then how will they fight against it? Then anyone can exploit them. So, reservation should be there.

Yes, reservation should be there.

The base of reservation is not economic but socially, educationally backwardness. It clears the structure of hierarchy in the society which is so rigid that it can't be easily break even through economic status. So the purpose is clear to equalize the society.

Second, you can't compare two unequal things with the same parameters. So before for fair competition equal merit should be there and these merits or talent also require some amount of cultural capital which comes through an inheritance. So economic status can' t be appropriate parameter until this huge gap is not fulfilled.

It is not an overtake of 'meritorious' student, if they are really 'meritorious' they would be surely selected. Equality should be based on equal parameters, not one sided.

Friends, reservation has become a big hurdle in our development. This is nothing but only gain politics of leader or some group. It has created discrimination in the name of caste, religion and geographical view. Private sector is a sector where growth and development is exponentially increased and the second point is it is basically gain oriented. If we will go with reservation in the private sector, we will miss a change for development and this sector also come in area of reservation politics and will create hurdle for any person to do business whether that person may belong to any specific caste, religion, or demographic al representative.

According to me the definition of reservation system should be changed because it leads to several disputes in society and in colleges. It should be given on the basis of the economic condition of people and to the differently able people, not on the basis of the caste system. Because it leads to create a gap between higher caste people and lower caste people. Now it becomes a more political issue than for what it was implemented. Political parties create their vote bank through this.

Reservation leads to improper growth of the mindset of the people because in most cases a lower caste student study not so well because he thinks I will get the admission because he has some additional benefit provided by the government.

So for the uplifting of the mindset of people, government should amend the reservation system which is currently prevailing in the country.

India will always remain a "developing" country, but never a "developed" country till reservations exist. Scrap off reservations from public sector, and the difference will be seen immediately.

I feel today there is more discrimination based on caste, just because someone is getting extra benefit (Why will others agree to their own friends getting more benefits?). Many of my friends think that lower caste = lower income group. But, this is not always true.

Reservations were implemented in India for only 10 years. But, now it has become a political issue. So, my opinion about reservation in private sector is a big NO-NO.

I have read several comments. It's good a debate has started. But, one thing no one speaks about is the discrimination in the education, itself. I have chance to see different places in India. In cities like Delhi, a child starts education at age of three. In a recent photograph published in a newspaper, the student in Remote Himachal Pradesh, the student brave heavy snow to walk to school.

In Tripura, I have seen the students walking miles in rain and mud to reach school. Definitely they can not go to school before 6or 7 years of age or even more. Teacherwise; Practically no teacher in Government Schools of remote areas. Teachers engaged paying better than Government in Delhi based Public Schools.

An student of Delhi based public school never thinks being below IAS, IPS, Doctor or engineer. In a village school of remote areas or even in a municipal school of Delhi the students never think more than a clerk, peon or jobs like that. I think ultimately despite whatever, we achieve, we are answerable about what we do for the society. In a situation where our system is giving equal opportunities in studies, we claim of giving equal opportunity in recruitment.

Let me explain, as an officer in Central Government while working in North East, I was conducting tests and interview for recruitment for temporary posts. One girl appeared two/three times in test and interview but did not secceed. Next time, when she came for test. I asked her that she had appeared earlier also.

But why could she not do up to marks. She told me sir, I am from a poor family and had no opportunity to learn computer typing. It touched me as that time computer was not within approach of every one. I ordered that typing test be conducted on manual typewriter.

Believe me, the girl came as topper. This is just an example how it matters for have nots who can be from any caste or community to compete. I have several such examples. My firm believe is that unless we give uniform opportunity in imparting education, our claim giving uniform opportunity in employment.

I think there is not need for reservation in higher education and in public or private sectors, but it should be given in the basic education so that a poor can get admission in convent schools and this must not be based on the caste and religion.

Hi everyone.

I have a bit different perception about reservation system existing now. I think reservation should exist in INDIA but with a modified form because still the condition of people under it has not improved. The condition of tribal people is still pathetic though some portion of them has successfully been merged to the mainstream. So depriving them of reservation will make them unimproved. Hence it should be there with some modification, as our constitution was formed 68 year back. And the condition of then and now has seen an immense change.