Reservation Hatao Andolan official in Bhopal

Bhopal district · Madhya Pradesh · State capital, City of Lakes, and site of the 1984 gas tragedy

Bhopal is the state capital and hosts MPPSC-linked administration, the Madhya Pradesh High Court's Jabalpur-linked benches and major central institutions. The 1984 Union Carbide disaster continues to shape its public-health administration.

Why Bhopal matters to the reform argument

Bhopal is where MP's recruitment rules and their court challenges are decided, making it central to reform advocacy in the state.

Institutions

  • IISER Bhopal
  • MANIT Bhopal
  • AIIMS Bhopal
  • NLIU Bhopal
  • Barkatullah University

Localities

MP NagarArera ColonyKolar RoadNew MarketBairagarh

State policy context · Madhya Pradesh

MP raised OBC reservation from 14% to 27% in 2019, taking total reservation past 50%; the increase has been under challenge in the High Court and Supreme Court since. The state was also the site of the Vyapam examination scandal, one of the largest recruitment-fraud cases in Indian history.

  • MPPSC
  • MP Employees Selection Board (ESB, formerly Vyapam)
  • MP Board of Secondary Education
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