Reservation Based on Financial Status
for Moothans
It
is a very well known fact that caste based government reservation is an outdated
and illogical term in the modern context, especially in the state of Kerala and
it has reached its extremes resembling the extremes of feudalistic past. It has never solved the real problem of inequality and it again created
gaps in the society between the rich and the poor, but from a different group and
different style this time. Democratic governments
being the authority to consider its citizen on an unbiased basis have again
fallen like the feudalistic setups of the past. It has favored a lopsided
development neglecting the other side. It never attempted to consider the folks
of financially poor forward caste peoples and their social problems who are
otherwise the major contributors in the social and cultural front shaping and
building the economy of the state.
Caste
based reservation system within itself is not very technically accurate and
even the financially well-off persons from the backward communities are
enjoying and reaping its benefit in many forms from the ration shop point,
hospital courtyard and to the ministry
level. If one has to favor blindly
the present caste based reservation system, one question remains open before
everyone that who aids for the financially broken folks in the forward castes
groups.
We
can see the forward caste communities like Namboothiris and other Brahmins, ambalavasis,
Nairs and its sub groups, vaishyas ( Palakkad Moothans and its sub groups , a
major community of Palakkad district) and many other forward caste groups which are not mentioned
here are deprived of any governmental support to thrive and raise their
generations to a level of decent standards. It is very statistically clear, reasonably logical and undeniable fact
that financially poor and unemployed exist in the all these forward caste
groups and they are finding it tough to make their life move ahead in the
modern scenarios where there exists a lopsided reservation system for eg.
In govt. sector employments for an FC candidate to be appointed all other
quotas have to be filled in a row from ST, SC, OBC, Muslim, Christian and than
an FC candidate. There is a least regard for an FC candidates financial or
physical conditions. So it generates no surprise that FC candidates are rare
species in our Govt. Sector offices. Please see the below reservation table for the post of Last Grade Servant
Q.9.
Give the details of percentage of Reservation given to the
OBC and SC/ST candidates?
Reservation
Group |
For
Last gradepost |
Posts
other than
last grade |
Ezhava |
11 |
14 |
Muslim |
10 |
12 |
Latin
Catholics/AI |
4 |
4 |
Viswakarma |
2 |
3 |
Nadar |
3 |
2 |
Dheevara |
2 |
1 |
Other
Xian |
2 |
1 |
OtherBackwardClasses
(except
those mentioned above) |
6 |
3 |
Scheduled
Caste |
8 |
8 |
Scheduled
Tribe |
2 |
2 | source : http://www.keralapsc.org/doubt.htm
It
seems our democratic governmental setup are least bothered about these forward
caste groups who are an indispensable part of our culture and economy and
simply it throws a general feeling that these downtrodden people will somehow manage
themselves to patch up their life needs. It is this, a right act under a
democratic setup.
The financial status Moothans of
Palakkad
Moothans
, guptans, tharakans and mannadiars are from the unique forward class (vaishya) business
groups of palakkad district of kerala. They are deprived of benefits or any governmental
reservations. Being from a business class and from their own capacities
moothans have managed well in the past in the time of crisis when compared to
the other forward class communities of the district. Only because of their business
capabilities and self reliant nature they have managed to survive with out
major setbacks.
“To
the general belief that moothan’s are very rich, the reality is that there is a
wide inequality of income range within its various groups”. Majority of the folks survive on a day to day
earning basis running their own small scale units, many working in the market
as labor class, small farmers, working in private sector firms and so on. They
can be found in all walks of profession, more in the self made styles. These classes inside our various communities needs
a definite assistance from the side of government and it is overdue.
Reservation Based On Financial
Status
Caste
based reservation has proven detrimental to the steady progress of moothans and
its generation, especially the present one.
So the best package that suit
moothan community in general will be a reservation based on financial status.
This financial status based reservation will make sure that only the really
suffering and financially poor folks of the community will be benefited.
Any
form act from the side of government in this regard will be a landmark in the
history of the community. This act may help prevent one unique community from
derailing from its usual track and perform in a better way and help make
palakkad a great place to do business where tradition meets modernization.
Gopakumar.R, Editor
, Moothan.Com
Dated
24/07/2010
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