{"id":13224,"date":"2022-01-05T17:02:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T11:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=13224"},"modified":"2023-11-10T15:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T09:41:30","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-jan-5-2022-day-207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-jan-5-2022-day-207\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Jan 5, 2022; Day 207"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Threshold&nbsp;<\/td><td>the level at which something starts to happen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hold water&nbsp;<\/td><td>(of a statement, theory, or line of reasoning) appear to be valid, sound, or reasonable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Notion&nbsp;<\/td><td>A vague idea in which some confidence is placed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stringent&nbsp;<\/td><td>Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Justification&nbsp;<\/td><td>A statement in explanation of some action or belief<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Impediment&nbsp;<\/td><td>Something that interferes with (or delays) action or progress<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arbitrary&nbsp;<\/td><td>not planned or chosen for a particular reason.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Infeasible&nbsp;<\/td><td>Not capable of being carried out or put into practice<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Render&nbsp;<\/td><td>Pass down<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bunch&nbsp;<\/td><td>to form a group<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inadequate response: On income criteria to identify EWS quota<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The \u20b98 lakh income criteria to identify EWS are not reasonably explained by the Government<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The submission by a Government-appointed committee to the Supreme Court that the annual family income of \u20b98 lakh is \u201ca reasonable\u201d <strong>threshold (the level at which something starts to happen) <\/strong>to determine if someone belongs to economically weaker sections to avail 10% reservations in admissions and jobs does not seem to <strong>hold water ((of a statement, theory, or line of reasoning) appear to be valid, sound, or reasonable)<\/strong>. The submission rejected the <strong>notion (A vague idea in which some confidence is placed) <\/strong>that the Government had \u201cmechanically\u201d adopted \u20b98 lakh as the cut-off because it was used to identify the OBC creamy layer, by asserting that the income criterion was \u201cmore <strong>stringent (Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures)<\/strong>\u201d than the one for the OBC creamy layer. This <strong>justification (A statement in explanation of some action or belief)<\/strong>, based on a few more criteria that exclude some income and occupational parameters from the OBC creamy layer, however, is not convincing as the Court\u2019s key question remained unanswered satisfactorily. The Court had said that the OBC category is socially and educationally backward, and had therefore additional <strong>impediments (Something that interferes with (or delays) action or progress) <\/strong>to overcome, and had asked whether it \u201cwould&#8230; be <strong>arbitrary (not planned or chosen for a particular reason) <\/strong>to provide the same income limit both for the OBC and EWS categories\u201d. The submission does not adequately respond to this question. On whether at all differences in purchasing power across urban\/rural regions and per capita income\/GDP across States were considered to arrive at this number, the submission suggests that this exercise would be <strong>infeasible (Not capable of being carried out or put into practice) <\/strong>and complex. But while asserting that an annual family income criterion of \u20b98 lakh is the right approach, the committee does not present any data on the estimated number of EWS persons in the population based on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If available consumer expenditure surveys such as the 2011-12 NSSO report, Key Indicators of Household Consumer Expenditure are any indication, a bulk of the population will be eligible for reservations under the \u201cbelow \u20b98 lakh\u201d cut-off under the EWS category, <strong>rendering (Pass down) <\/strong>the limit irrational. The committee\u2019s assertion that \u20b9 8 lakh corresponds to the \u201ceffective income tax exemption limit\u201d even as the only income slab exempt from paying taxes was for those earning below \u20b92.5 lakh, also renders the criteria on \u201cbeing economically weak\u201d as less stringent. The submission lays emphasis on the fact that outcomes in the recent entrance and recruitment examinations (NEET, UPSC, JEE) showed an even <strong>bunching (to form a group) <\/strong>of eligible candidates in different income brackets (0-\u20b92.5 lakh, \u20b92.5-\u20b95 lakh, \u20b95-\u20b98 lakh), but it does not explain why marks cut-offs were even lower in recruitment exams than that of the socially and educationally backward OBCs. The validity of the 103rd Constitution Amendment, through which the EWS quota was introduced in 2019, is in any case still before a Constitution Bench. But the apex court must seek more clarity on the criteria adopted by the Government committee to set the income limit for identifying the EWS sections eligible for reservations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update your vocabulary with the help of these articles we publish on a daily basis. 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