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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

Marginalised Getting Benefitted Now In Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said in earlier governments, the poor and SC/ST members were deprived of not only government schemes but also of ration.

31 October 2023

Delhi University

AAP Govt Writes To DU To Lower Cut-Off For SC/ST Students To Fill Vacant Seats, VC Says Not Possible To Reopen Admissions

The undergraduate admissions, which the university held through Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores for the first time, concluded in December.

21 January 2023

Union minister Ramdas Athawale

IRS Officer Wankhede Meets Union Minister Athawale In Mumbai

Officials said a tax officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) met with Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale in Mumbai on Monday. The meeting comes after the former filed a complaint against a number...

24 October 2022

Burning issue: Protest against the Mandal Commission report

Mandal Commission Timeline: Tracing The Story Of OBC Reservations

The commission headed by BP Mandal, commonly known as the Mandal Commission, recommended reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs) as part of the affirmative action programme for their betterment.

03 October 2023

Subaltern speaks: Dalits in Tamil Nadu sit before wall paintings of Ambedkar and Periyar

'Schedule Caste Status Cannot Be Granted To Dalits Who Have Converted To Christianity, Islam...': Centre To SC

The Centre filed an affidavit on Wednesday opposing the plea seeking the inclusion of Scheduled Caste converts to Christianity in the list of Scheduled Castes.

10 November 2022

Dalit boy dies in UP. (Representative image)

Death Of Dalit Teenage Boy In The Hands Of Teacher In Uttar Pradesh Sparks Protest

In a police complaint, the boy's father alleged that the teacher beat him with sticks and rods until he fell unconscious after he spelt a word wrong in the social science test.

27 September 2022

Women supporters at a BSP rally.

No Quota For OBC, Minorities: Will Women Reservation Bill Let The Subaltern Speak?

As the Women’s Reservation Bill is placed on the table of the Loksabha promising 33% reservation to the women, the debates over the representation of marginalised women have again taken the political centre stage.   

20 September 2023

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BJP, RSS Giving Communal Colour To Lakhimpur Kheri Rape, Murder Case, Alleges Cong

The Opposition party also demanded the Narendra Modi government should implement the SC/ST Act with 'full force'.

16 September 2022

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30 July 2022
Students Accuse FTII Of Not Filling Up Reserved Seats, Stage Protest

Students Accuse FTII Of Not Filling Up Reserved Seats, Stage Protest

A student association on Friday alleged that the seats reserved for OBC, SC and ST categories were not filled up while admitting students to the Film &...


30 May 2022
Girls Secure Top 3 Ranks In UPSC 2021 Exam, Shruti Sharma Tops The List

Girls Secure Top 3 Ranks In UPSC 2021 Exam, Shruti Sharma Tops The List

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced that 685 candidates have qualified the prestigious civil services examination.


14 May 2022
Chintan Shivir: Congress Decides To Raise Representation Of SCs, STs, OBCs To 50 Per Cent

Chintan Shivir: Congress Decides To Raise Representation Of SCs, STs, OBCs To 50 Per Cent

AICC national coordinator K Raju said that the panel on social justice and empowerment formed by party chief Sonia Gandhi took a  decision on this issue at...


22 April 2022
Himachal Pradesh 2022 Elections: Dalits Have Become Prime Focus Of The BJP Welfare Agenda

Himachal Pradesh 2022 Elections: Dalits Have Become Prime Focus Of The BJP Welfare Agenda

A two-day Scheduled Castes Morcha meet by the state BJP worked out a three-month strategy to hold a sammelan at the constituency level that will inform the...


02 February 2022
Forty-Two MLAs Wanted Me To Be Punjab CM After Amarinder's Exit: Jakhar

Forty-Two MLAs Wanted Me To Be Punjab CM After Amarinder's Exit: Jakhar

Jakhar could be heard saying this in a video -- that has surfaced online -- while addressing a gathering in Abohar on Tuesday.


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06 January 2022
Punjab Cabinet approves one-time grant for widows, dependent children

Punjab Cabinet approves one-time grant for widows, dependent children

This will be over and above the monthly pension of Rs 1,500 being given to them. This financial assistance will be credited directly into their bank accounts.


27 December 2021
OBC reservation: Centre moves SC, seeks recall of Dec 17 order passed in MP matter

OBC reservation: Centre moves SC, seeks recall of Dec 17 order passed in MP matter

It has also urged the apex court to direct the local body elections to be deferred for four months with a mandate to the state government to come out with the...


21 December 2021
J'khand Civil Service Exam Irregularities: BJP Creates Ruckus In Assembly, CM Attacks 'Manuwadi' Mindset

J'khand Civil Service Exam Irregularities: BJP Creates Ruckus In Assembly, CM Attacks 'Manuwadi' Mindset

Soren, however, said, "There has been no interference from the government (in conducting examinations).


20 December 2021
How Caste Equations Continue To Shape Bihar’s Economic Fortunes

How Caste Equations Continue To Shape Bihar’s Economic Fortunes

Bihar craves fresh policy ideas at the top, and better, more imaginative politics at every level.


12 December 2021
Govt Schools In Punjab Are In Bad Shape, Seek People's Support For Improving Them: Arvind Kejriwal

Govt Schools In Punjab Are In Bad Shape, Seek People's Support For Improving Them: Arvind Kejriwal

Without naming anyone, he said, "For 75 years, these political leaders and parties deliberately kept the government schools in a bad shape so that the poor and...


21 October 2021
Akhilesh’s Strategy: Wean Back Most Backward Castes From BJP, But Will That Be Easy?

Akhilesh’s Strategy: Wean Back Most Backward Castes From BJP, But Will That Be Easy?

Observers feel that the smaller OBC castes, which were earlier with SP in significant numbers and shifted to the BSP to a reasonable extent in 2007, gradually...


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24 September 2021
Centre Finds Caste Census Of Backward Classes Administratively Difficult, Tells SC

Centre Finds Caste Census Of Backward Classes Administratively Difficult, Tells SC

In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the government has said that caste enumeration in Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 was “fraught” with...


24 September 2021
Caste Census Won’t Breed Casteism: Union Minister Athawale

Caste Census Won’t Breed Casteism: Union Minister Athawale

'Atrocities are still happening against backward communities. Though there have been government interventions to end caste- based discriminations from the...


15 September 2021
Bengal Assistance Scheme For Women: Govt Issues Record 8.5 Lakh Caste Certificates In 45 Days

Bengal Assistance Scheme For Women: Govt Issues Record 8.5 Lakh Caste Certificates In 45 Days

This huge number of certificates were issued following a flood of applications triggered by the Bengal CM's scheme for monthly financial assistance to female...


20 July 2021
Oxfam: Only 25.9 Percent SC ST Households Have Access To Non-Shared Sanitation Facilities

Oxfam: Only 25.9 Percent SC ST Households Have Access To Non-Shared Sanitation Facilities

'Data shows that 65.7 per cent of households belonging to the general category have access to improved, non-shared sanitation facilities, while only 25.9 per...


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