1. Higher Education Reservations and India's Economic Growth: An Examination
- Author:
- Gurpreet Mahajan
- Publication Date:
- 09-2008
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centre for International Governance Innovation
- Abstract:
- In 2006 the Indian Parliament passed legislation reserving an additional 27 percent of seats in all institutions of higher learning, funded by the central government, for the category of socially disadvantaged groups officially known as "Other Backward Classes." At a time when India is opening its economy to global competition, this initiative has re-ignited the debate on the efficacy of reservations and triggered fresh anxieties about the impact of this policy on India's economic growth.
- Topic:
- Democratization, Economics, Education, and Globalization
- Political Geography:
- India and Asia