What are the demands of NACDAOR?
Posted by :- Ritu Tomar
The National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) has released a list of demands against the Supreme Court’s decision on quota within quota, which includes justice and equality for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The organisation is also demanding the enactment of a new Act of Parliament on reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs, which will be protected by including it in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
NACDAOR has also demanded immediate release of caste-based data of SC/ST/OBC employees in government services to ensure their accurate representation. Apart from this, a demand is also being made to establish an Indian Judicial Service to recruit judicial officers and judges from all sections of the society. The aim of which is to get 50 percent representation from SC, ST and OBC categories in the higher judiciary.
The organisation has called for filling up all backlog vacancies in central and state government departments as well as public sector undertakings. The body said private sector companies benefiting from government incentives or investments should implement affirmative action policies in their firms.