reservation policy

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• Reservation policy in Indian Institutes of Technology — The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) practices affirmative action and offers reservation to backward sections of the society. This has been the subject of much debate and protests.Historical overviewIndia is one of the countries that… …   Wikipedia

• Reservation in India — Reservation in Indian law is a form of affirmative action whereby a percentage of seats are reserved in the public sector units, union and state civil services, union and state government departments and in all public and private educational… …   Wikipedia

• Reservation poverty — in the United States is defined as poverty among reservations, or “state or federally recognized, geographically defined areas of varying size over which Native Americans have the primary governing authority” [Grover, Michael: Demographic trends… …   Wikipedia

• reservation — res·er·va·tion n 1: the act or an instance of reserving reservation of rights 2: the creation by and for a grantor of a new right or interest (as an easement) in real property granted to another; also: the right or interest so created or the… …   Law dictionary

• Reservation — may refer to:* Indian reservation, in the United States * Indian reserve, in Canada * Reservation (law), a caveat to a treaty * Reservation in India, a government policy imposing quotas for political representation * Reservation of the Sacrament …   Wikipedia

• Indian reservation — This article is about Native American land in the US. For the Canadian version, see Indian reserve. For affirmative action in India, see Reservation in India. For the song, see Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian).… …   Wikipedia

• 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests — The Anti caste based reservation protests 2006, that took place in parts of India, were in opposition to the decision of the Union Government of India, the multiparty coalition United Progressive Alliance (headed by the Indian National Congress) …   Wikipedia

• Outline of United States federal Indian law and policy — This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Law and U.S. public policy related to Native Americans has evolved continuously since the founding of the United States. This outline lists notable people, organizations, events, legislation …   Wikipedia

• Resource reservation protocol — The Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), described in RFC 2205, is a Transport layer protocol designed to reserve resources across a network for an integrated services Internet. RSVP does not transport application data but is rather an Internet… …   Wikipedia

• Indian termination policy — was a policy that the United States Congress implemented in 1950s and 1960s to assimilate the Native Americans (Indians) with mainstream American society, by terminating the government s trusteeship of Indian reservations and making Indians… …   Wikipedia