India’s reservation paradox: When concessions clash with merit
Published on: Oct. 19, 2025, 1:22 p.m. | Source: The News Minute
Relaxations in age, fees, or other criteria are tools to facilitate access to competition, not to lower merit. But if using this concession is seen as taking reservation benefits and candidates are denied general category seats despite scoring above the cut-off for the general category, it’s deeply unfair and wrong, writes the author.
