Scheduled castes
Sep 16, 2020 21:42
The Lok Janshakti Party urged the Bihar government fulfil its promise of providing three decimals of land to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. read more
Sep 05, 2020 22:49
On Friday, the CM Kumar had instructed the chief secretary to frame rules for providing jobs to next of kin of persons from the SC/ST community killed in the state and also directed officials to dispose of all pending cases registered under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe Act within a time frame. read more
Aug 27, 2020 11:38
A five-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said the 2004 verdict of a constitution bench in the E V Chinnaiah case needs to be reconsidered and, therefore, the matter be placed before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate direction. read more
Aug 27, 2020 11:38
The Supreme Court will re-examine its 2005 judgment that held that Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) cannot be further sub-classified for the purpose of reservation read more
Aug 06, 2020 19:28
Thirty years ago, OBCs finally got reservation in jobs. But they remain under-represented and disempowered read more
Mar 31, 2020 17:47
The scam that began in 2012-2013 was unearthed in 2019. read more
Feb 20, 2020 20:06
The brutality against Dalits reveals continued social prejudice and lawlessness read more
Feb 10, 2020 16:05
Mitra also announced Rs 500 crore for setting up permanent houses for permanent workers of tea gardens in North Bengal. read more
Feb 10, 2020 14:50
Congress has accused the government of attempting to snatch away the rights of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. read more
Feb 02, 2020 13:14
In February 2019, the then interim finance minister Piyush Goyal announced a 35.6% increase in allocation for welfare of scheduled castes from \u20B956,619 crore in FY 2018-19 to \u20B976,801 crore in FY 2019-20. read more
Dec 11, 2019 19:34
Dalits and tribals must continue to get representation. But the system is broken read more
Dec 11, 2019 13:32
Responding to the debate on ‘The Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill’ in Lok Sabha, Prasad referred to the issue of quota in government jobs, saying “we are of the view that is no need for a creamy layer for the SC and ST (communities)”. read more
Dec 07, 2019 22:48
The police officer said the matter came to light after the minor was found to be three months pregnant a few days ago. Rath had threatened the girl to stay mum about the abuse. read more
Dec 04, 2019 23:57
According to the law, 84 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 47 for Scheduled Tribes. In addition, the government nominates two members from the Anglo-Indian community, making it a house of 545 members. read more
