Dynamics of Reservation Policy – Moving towards inclusive growth based on Social Justice

Reservation and Inclusive Growth have been among the most intensely debated issues surrounding public policy in India, and the term has,almost, entered the world of planning, policy debates and academic discourse. The various provisions in the constitution allows the Union and the State Governments and UT’s to reserve quotas or seats, which lowers the qualifications needed in exams, job openings etc. for the ‘’socially and educationally backward citizens’’. The policy of reservation has been a measure for the emancipation of the socially and economically backward people of the nation known as Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and the hugely debated Other Backward Classes (OBC).The present research paper seeks to explore the mutual relationshipbetween the policy of reservation and the aim of achieving a social order based on Social Justice and through reasoned evaluation, checktheir desirability for national development.