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Wrong to talk about creamy layer in SC, ST communities, says Mallikarjun K
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A day after the Centre spelled out its stance on the creamy layer suggestion given by the Supreme Court in its verdict concerning sub-categorisation, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday that it is "wrong to talk about creamy layer" and said the BJP-led government should ha
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JDU MP welcomes SC verdict on subcategorisation of SCs, STs; highlights fo
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI on the apex court's verdict on the subcategorisation of SCs and STs, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said, "Bihar CM Nitish Kumar did subcategorisation in 2007. When the Bihar State Mahadalit Commission was formed, affirmative actions were taken for the upliftment of certain
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No provision for creamy layers in SC/ST quota: Centre
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday that there is no provision for creamy layer in SCs and STs reservation in the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar, and the NDA government is bound to follow that Constitution.
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Experts discuss China's infrastructural ambitions in Himalayan region duri
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) brought together scholars and experts from Europe, the US, and South Asia to examine China's strategic investments and influence in the Himalayan region.
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Congress to hold meeting today to discuss strategy on SC's decision on ide
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling on August 1, ruled that states have the power to sub-classify SCs and STs and said that the authority concerned, while deciding if the class is adequately represented, must calculate adequacy based on effective and not quantitative representation. Read More
We will file review petition against top court's verdict on SC/ST subclass
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Reacting to the Supreme Court's observation on the creamy layer in Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs), Union Minister Chirag Paswan expressed his disagreement and emphasised that the basis of Scheduled Caste is untouchability. He added that discrimination is practised bas
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Such sub-categorization is pointless, emotionless: RJD's Manoj Jha after S
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
After the Supreme Court ruled that states must identify the 'creamy layer' in the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) and exclude them from quota benefits, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Thursday said that he respects the decision but this kind of sub-categor
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SC upholds power of states to sub-classify SCs and STs, CM Siddaramaiah ca
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
After the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that states have the power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs), Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah welcomed the decision "wholeheartedly" and called it a "historic one".
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Supreme Court rules state governments have power to sub-classify SCs, STs
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1 that sub-classification within the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SCs and STs) reservation is permissible. As many as six separate opinions were delivered in the case.
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Supreme Court, by 6:1, states sub-classification within SCs and STs for re
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1 that sub-classification within the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SC/STs) reservation is permissible.
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah slams Centre over SC/ST welfare budget allocatio
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at the Centre and asked what moral authority the Union Government have to question stae government when it unjustly uses the budget funds meant for the rightful development of Dalits by not implementing the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan/Tribal Sub-
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NCSC issues notice to Karnataka govt in diversion of funds for SCs
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The National Commission for Schedule Castes on Thursday took a suo-motto cognizance and issued a notice to the Karnataka Government in the diversion of funds allocated for scheduled castes in Karnataka.
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