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Canada, the US, England have rules wherein if you are a visible minority, in many cases, you may get preference in gaining a job, university acceptance etc...
The GINI coefficient essentially means x% of population accounts for % of total output.
I think that in India its something like 22% of the population account for 80% of output, Ill check up on that one.
Nordic countries have the most equal GINI coefficient.
In any event when you talk about equal opportunity in India, there is a big problem, there is no such thing as equal opportunity in most places.
Now of course social intergration should be encouraged, cassifying people into religious groups may not be the best solution but the Govt's job is to make sure that minorities are as successful as possible, ie lend them a helping hand, the private sector can hire who they wish based on merit in my opinion but the role of the public sector is to look after minority rights and economic prosperity.
Equal opportunity sounds nice but India is not there as of yet, only in theory, hence giving x% seats so to speak levels the playing field. Once the group's per capita income is close to or equal to the population average, we can dispense of such laws and move back to merit.
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