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100 _aDutta, Debasis
245 _aAffirmative action, constitutional dynamics and the framing of Article 16(4) of the Indian constitution
260 _c1998
300 _ap.175-92
362 _aApr-Dec
520 _aThe fathers of the constitution with the aim of making an egalitarian society incorporated article 16(4) in the constitution permitting the state to reserve appointments of posts for backward classes not adequately represented in the services of the state. But in post-independence period the ruling elite utilised reservation policy not as a policy aiming at socio-economic advancement of the backward classes but a policy to mobilise their support because they constitute an important vote bank. - Reproduced
650 _aEmployment - India
650 _aEmployment
700 _aSengupta, Pradip Kumar
773 _aISDA Journal
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999 _c40651
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