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Lok Sabha takes up bills to include 'Valmiki' in list of SCs in J-K, expa
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up a bill to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Scheduled Castes Order, 1956 for including 'Valmiki' in the list of SCs in the union territory
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"We are all Bharatiya; we are not scared of anything till he is here": Rel
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
All minority religious leaders said "Our castes, customs, religions, prayer methods might be different but our biggest religion as a human is that of humanity. We all live in the same country, we are all Bharatiya. Come let us strengthen our country. Our country is our top priority. Toget
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"Garib, Mahilayen, Yuva, Annadata are four major castes of focus for our g
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday highlighted that the BJP-led Central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes in focusing on four major castes - Garib (Poor), Mahilayen (Women), Yuva (Youth) and Annadata (Farmer).
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Must be 'mistake': JNU Vice Chancellor on UGC de-reservation draft guideli
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
She emphasised that there are enough Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates for reserved faculty positions in universities.
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"Rahul Gandhi's politics utterly based on lies:" Dharmendra Pradhan lashes
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks that the UGC's new draft was a conspiracy to end the reservation benefit extended to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lashed out at him, stating that
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"Conspiracy to end quotas," Rahul Gandhi on UGC new draft
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that UGC's new draft was a conspiracy to end the reservation benefit extended to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), adding that the Congress "will never let this happen."
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Padma awards turned into 'People's award', represents all sections of soci
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Among the awardees, 40 individuals are from the Other Backward Classes category, 11 from Scheduled Castes, and 15 from Scheduled Tribes.
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Karnataka CM slams Central govt over internal reservation for SCs
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In a statement issued here, the CM said, "The Central Government has formed a high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to review the internal reservation for Scheduled Castes. This seems to be nothing more than a ploy to mislead the Dalit community, as it is clear
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Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy affirms commitment to welfare of SC, ST, OBC c
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Highlighting his commitment to social inclusivity, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday emphasised his government's top priority given to the welfare of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (BC) communities.
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Government forms Committee of Secretaries to examine steps to safeguard in
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Committee comprises the Secretaries of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Department of Personnel and Training, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the Department of Legal Affairs and the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. The first meeting of the Committee of Secretaries is fixed
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LGBTQ community not entitled to vertical reservations like SC, ST, OBC: Fo
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice UU Lalit, on Thrusday said the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) community is not entitled to claim "vertical' sort of constitutional reservations like those given to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other B
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Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana aims to reduce poverty in S
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana (PM-AJAY) is a merged scheme of the three Centrally Sponsored Schemes, namely Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY), Special Central Assistance to Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCA to SCSP) and Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana(BJRCY), said U
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