Current affairs - January 8th, 2022 from The Hindu.

UPSC Mains General Studies Paper 2 - Polity/Social justice

The court confirmed a 27 % allocation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and a 10 percent reserve for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the All India Quota (AIQ) seats, as stipulated in a government decision dated July 29, 2021. On this point, there would be no further discussion. The Supreme Court will hear and decide on the legitimacy of the EWS criteria, including the $8 lakh income level, that must be adopted in this year's NEET counseling to avoid disrupting medical admissions for 2021­2022, in the third week of March, a Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud. The decision will then be effective immediately and in the future.