Scheduled Tribes News
Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said that a detailed discussion took place during the cabinet meeting over the Supreme Court judgment that made certain suggestions on the reservation for the SCs and STs.
The chief minister told the House that though the state government had accepted the recommendation of the ST Commission to include these BC castes into ST list and sent the proposal to the Centre in 2016, the Centre did not take any action in this regard.
Oxfam India's latest 'India Inequality Report 2022: Digital Divide' report said on Monday that the reach of digital technologies remains limited to largely male, urban, upper-caste, and upper-class households and individuals.
The GD Sharma commission has recommended ST status for the Paddari, Gadda Brahmans and Kolis along with Paharis in J&K
The recommendation for the inclusion of these tribes along with Paharis as STs has been received by the Union ministry of tribal affairs
After the Union cabinet's approval, it will be tabled before Parliament during the November-December winter session
While the BJP says it is confident Dalits will vote for it in the state Assembly polls due this year-end, the Congress says it is paying attention to seats with 10 per cent or more Dalit population
BJP MP Guman Singh Damor starts campaign seeking withdrawal of quota benefits of tribal converts.
He said that tribals who convert to any other religion must not be given reservations mandated for Scheduled Tribes.
Congress demanded that PM Narendra Modi and MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan clarify their stands on this statement.
NHAA will be available round the clock on toll-free number 14566 across the country.
The service will be available in Hindi, English and the regional language of the State/UTs.
Its mobile application will also be available.
The verdict came on petitions including the one filed by two candidates.
They belong from OBC-female and SC-female categories respectively who had taken part in the exam in 2013 meant for the selection of constables in Uttar Pradesh.
Speaking in Lok Sabha, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said that the BJP was fully committed to reservation for these sections and it will never be removed. Interestingly, the proposed amendment does away with the reservation provided to the Anglo Indian community in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures.
A three-judge bench today set aside the order and observed that the apex court should not have ventured to frame guidelines as it comes within the domain of legislatures.
The reservation system which started as a measure to bring the backward classes on the same pedestal as their upper caste counterparts has time and again been used by parties for political gains. The debate over reservation was stirred yet again after the Union Cabinet on Monday approved 10 per cent reservation for economically backward in the general category.
While there is much that needs to be done to tackle poverty globally, there are "promising signs that such poverty can be - and is being - tackled."
Police have registered a case against the man following a complaint by the girl's father after the incident on Wednesday.
Seeking to know current process of promotions, the court asked: "How the promotion is taking place as of now?" The responded by saying: "They are not. It is all standstill. This is the problem".
Parochial and knee-jerk reactions from the political class and intellectuals have left no room for meaningful interface and dialogue over the Supreme Court's order on the SC/ST Act.
Dalit protests against over SC/ST Act had resulted in large-scale violence in different parts of the country on Monday.
At least nine persons were killed and hundreds injured on Monday in violence across several states during a nationwide bandh called by Dalit groups.
With country-wide Bharat Bandh protests by Dalit groups turning bloody on Monday morning with the death of two people, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) entered a mud-slinging contest on social media. Sparring on Twitter, the parties blamed each other for atrocities against Dalits.
"If you have any complaints, bring them to us but do not break law and order."
Is the SC/ST Act often misused against government officials or is any modification to it really just a move against the SC and ST communities?
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