I am trying to analyse the effects of income-based reservations in terms their effect on representation of SC, ST and OBC. Consider the case of 10% income based reservation introduced by Central government. It is generally assumed that since income based reservation carves a separate 10% of resources (seats at education institute or jobs) than already existing quota, it will not harm the interest of groups already provided the reserved access. This harm argument assumes that the representation of social groups (SC, ST and OBC) will remain unchanged since new reservation is above/different than the pre-existing reservation. This naïve belief assumes that candidates from these social groups access the resource only through reservation . This assumption is not accurate (at least in all cases) and hence any new reservation is likely to change the representation of the social groups. The change in social group representation has welfare consequences ...
Guiding light for the philosopher is the consistency or non-self contradicting nature of arguments. This blog attempts to see the issues under consideration from the lens of consistency and contradiction. The objective is to point out inconsistencies and contradiction. Sometimes, I might suggest a possible improvement, but it is not an imperative.