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The Rajya Sabha passed two key bills — reserving four Goa Assembly seats for Scheduled Tribes and amending coastal shipping laws — amid an Opposition boycott, with the government stressing democratic representation for tribal communities and maritime sector reforms
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Telangana leads in women's representation, achieving 53.08 percent. Unlike many other states, Telangana has successfully empowered marginalized communities by ensuring they have real access to power.
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The population of BCs is followed by the Scheduled Castes (17.43 per cent), Scheduled Tribes (10.45%), Backward Classes among Muslims (10.08%) and Other Castes (13.31%)
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Establishment of Navodaya Vidyalaya in Kothagudem district under Khammam parliamentary constituency would increase the literacy level of the tribal students as the district has the highest population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
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Looking into the gravity of the allegations, the Commission has also decided to immediately send a joint team of its Law and Investigation officers for on-the-spot enquiry in the matter and submit a report within one week.
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Nayak said the police arrested the innocent tribal farmers on charges of attacking Vikarabad Collector Prateek Jain while the official himself was saying that the farmers did not attack him.
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National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Member Jatothu Hussain Nayak interacted with residents of Rotibanda thanda and Lagacherla in Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's Kodangal constituency here on Monday.
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National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Member Jatothu Hussain Nayak will visit Lagacherla on Monday.
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According to reports, a large number of EWS category candidates gathered at the Tahsildar's office and started demanding issuance of EWS certificates to apply for JEE mains 2025
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Managements of the colleges said they were unable to maintain the colleges owing to delay in reimbursement of the tuition fee by the government to BC, SC and ST students
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Says over 10 crore Indians being denied benefits under National Food Security Act because still 2011 Census enumeration is being used
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Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting on Friday, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said there was a detailed discussion at the meeting on a recent Supreme Court judgment that made certain suggestions on the reservation for the SCs and STs.
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Welcomes SC ruling on empowering States to make sub-classifications of SCs and STs for providing quotas inside reserved category
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A seven-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud ruled 6:1 that states can further sub-classify SCs and STs to extend quotas to more backward castes within these groups.
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Sources in the party said the State leadership had so far finalised candidates for 10 constituencies, including the four sitting seats, while hectic discussions were over the remaining seats.
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He said the demand to hike the quota for the STs to 7 percent started in the state after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government did it at the central government level.
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Madras HC has held that the concept of communal reservation or reservation for SC, ST and OBC of citizens would not apply to minority institutions.
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The government has also appointed five others as the members of the Commission.
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A day after a Dalit man was stabbed to death and his cousin injured here, the SHO of Gadwar police station here has been suspended for alleged negligence in connection with the incident.
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Addressing political aspirations of various communities is going to become a headache for the Congress apart from tackling internal bickering while selecting nominees for 10 Assembly constituencies in erstwhile Adilabad district.