For those who don't know much about India, on Gandhi's philosophy of equality to all, the harijans or backward classes are given a special 10% to 30% quota in all the jobs. This means that for every government job advertised (from doctors to engineers to adminstrative officers to police ....you name it) there is a 30% job reservation for backward classes. For the elite classes they have to score competitively to qualify for the same. This system is suppose to balance the society as members from backward classes will have better jobs and not the routine lowly paid jobs.
For those who don't know much about India, on Gandhi's philosophy of equality to all, the harijans or backward classes are given a special 10% to 30% quota in all the jobs. This means that for every government job advertised (from doctors to engineers to adminstrative officers to police ....you name it) there is a 30% job reservation for backward classes. For the elite classes they have to score competitively to qualify for the same. This system is suppose to balance the society as members from backward classes will have better jobs and not the routine lowly paid jobs.