Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A) : Reservations in jobs help the SC, ST to improve their situation. Reason (R) : In a democracy equity is a must to ensure equality. Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
Assertion (A) is true. Reservation in government jobs, education and legislatures (Articles 15(4), 16(4), 330 and 332) has created an educated middle class, public employment and political representation among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, improving their economic position and social status.
Reason (R) is true. Formal equality treats unequals alike and so preserves inherited disadvantage; equity means treating people differently according to need so that real (substantive) equality of opportunity can be achieved. A democracy committed to equality must therefore make special provisions for historically deprived groups.
R explains A. Reservation is precisely an equity measure – protective or compensatory discrimination – and the Supreme Court (State of Kerala v. N.M. Thomas, 1976; Indra Sawhney, 1992) has read Article 16(4) as a facet of equality, not an exception to it. The reason reservations improve the situation of SCs and STs is that they correct unequal starting points.
Hence, the answer is Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
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