Affirmative Actions (Reservations) are envisioned by founding fathers of Constitution to address the socio-economic inequalities in representation in public employment and education.

Article 15(4) and 16(4) confer this power on Parliament. Discrepancies in Reservations: Skewed towards SC/ST; OBC offer in police for example is way below their proportion of population. Political parties capitalising on caste groups, reservation appeasement to gain power Ex: Haryana's local reservation Bill. OBC reservation - major chunk of benefit go to a few castes as per Rohini Commission's report.