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Naidu should focus on achievement of Special Category Status and other promises instead of harping on ‘Vision 2047’, says Y.S. Sharmila

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y.S. Sharmila on Saturday said to put the State back on the rails, the TDP-led coalition government should focus on achievement of the promises made to the people of Andhra Pradesh by the Centre through the A.P. On the social media platform X, she pointed out that at the time of State bifurcation, the then …

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1 month ago

Inside Telangana Caste Survey: Wary Respondents, Tired Surveyors & Privacy Fears

The Quint

However, the survey did not take off in the last eight months due to the Lok Sabha elections and court cases. On a Public Interest Litigation filed by R Krishnaiah, former Rajya Sabha member and leading figure of struggles by BC organisations since the Mandal Commission imbroglio, the Telangana High Court directed the state government to constitute a dedicated commission …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Subclassification of Scheduled Castes trigger arguments in assembly

Hindustan Times

The recent sub-classification of Scheduled Castes in Haryana into deprived Scheduled Castes and other scheduled castes, to provide each of the two categories 50% of the 20% vacancies reserved for the SCs in government jobs, set off a war of words between Congress minister Geeta Bhukkal and minister for social justice, empowerment, SCs & BCs Welfare and Antyodaya Krishan Kumar …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

SC Issues Clarification on 'Clock' Symbol Usage by Political Faction

Hindustan Times

India and China reach an agreement on 'patrolling' and 'restoring ground situation' along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The Supreme Court issues a directive requiring the NCP faction to include a disclaimer when using the 'clock' symbol. The government also postpones a planned meeting between political parties due to the absence of SEBI chief Buch.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

60% of party posts to SCs, STs, BCs and minorities, promises TPCC chief

New Indian Express

NIZAMABAD: Promising that at least 60% of the posts in various TPCC committees and DCCs would go to SCs, STs, BCs and minorities, TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Friday said that in order of priority, the party comes first and then the activists. Addressing a mammoth public meeting organised at the Old Collector Office Grounds, Mahesh said the …

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3 months ago

Government should take up caste census immediately, says BSP State coordinator

The Hindu

Bahujan Samaj Party State coordinator and former DGP of Andhra Pradesh J. Purnachandra Rao on Saturday asked the State government to take up caste census immediately as around 200 castes of backward classes and Scheduled Castes could not get representation in legislature in the seven decades. Along with BSP State president B. Paramjyothy, he released a book ‘Kula Andhra Pradesh’, …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice

The Hindu

The Narendra Modi government quickly scrapped a proposal to induct mid-level officials into the bureaucracy through lateral entry to counter the Opposition’s allegations of “ending reservations.” However, it is clear that Congress would continue to place social justice as the centrepiece of its politics. On Saturday, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, positioned caste census as an …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Economic Reservation In India: Sub Classification Of SC ST

Live Law

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India represent some of the most socio-economically disadvantaged groups, as recognized under the Constitution to facilitate equality initiatives. Moreover, there is a risk that sub-classification could heightens existing social antagonism within SC/ST communities, potentially leading to intra-community conflicts and divisions. Moving forward, states must consider historical injustices, economic inequalities, and social factors when designing …

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4 months ago

Bharat Bandh today: Which key groups, political parties to join protest against SC's reservation ruling

India TV News

A nationwide bandh has been called today by Dalit and Adivasi organisations to protest the Supreme Court's ruling on implementing creamy layer and sub-quota within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes reservations. Supreme Court's ruling on reservation The Supreme Court recently ruled that states can create sub-categories within SC and ST reservations, allowing the most marginalised groups within these categories to …

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4 months ago

Why Bharat bandh call today? What is open, what is closed?

Hindustan Times

The ‘Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti’ will observe a day-long Bharat Bandh on Wednesday, August 21, to protest the Supreme Court's recent judgment on reservations. Dalit and Adiwasi organisations have called for the Bharat Bandh On August 1, a seven-judge bench of Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, ruled by a 6:1 majority that further sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Top court allows SC/ST subcategories in quota

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that state governments have the authority to create subclassifications within the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the purpose of preferential reservations, in a verdict that will have far-reaching implications for reservation policies for marginalised communities. Marking a significant shift in the landscape of reservation policies in India, the court held that the SC/ST …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Parties term Supreme Court verdict on allowing states to sub-classify SCs as 'historic'

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, Political parties on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict allowing the states to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes for granting quota to uplift socially and economically more backward castes inside the group, and termed it "historic". Parties term Supreme Court verdict on allowing states to sub-classify SCs as 'historic' A seven-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice …

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5 months ago

A political history of Andhra Pradesh: Two states and modern times

The Hindu

The turn of the century brought in new challenges for Andhra Pradesh. He injected development in Naxal-dominated rural areas and launched several welfare programmes and irrigation schemes in a state which had recently witnessed rising rates of farmer suicides However his reign was brought to an untimely end after his helicopter crashed on a hillock close to Kurnool, killing him …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

What is 'Special Category Status' and how does a state get it? Know benefits

India TV News

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: As BJP rush back-to-back meetings in Delhi, its ruled-states and with alliance partners as it mulls National Democratic Alliance government formation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, various speculations are doing the rounds in political circles about possible demands being made by its allies. One such demand which may be put forward by NDA …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress spreading lies on reservation quotas to defeat BJP: Bandi Sanjay Kumar

New Indian Express

KARIMNAGAR: Alleging that the Congress was unable to take on the BJP in the polls, the saffron party candidate from Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, stated that grand old party leaders had resorted to provoking fear among the SCs and STs for political benefits in the Lok Sabha polls. Addressing the media later, the BJP national general secretary claimed that the …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Analysis | Five issues that are likely to affect the fortunes of YSRCP and NDA partners in Lok Sabha elections in A.P.

The Hindu

As the General Elections approach, the YSR Congress Party and the alliance of Telugu Desam Party - BJP-Jana Sena Party are busy luring the voters with a flurry of welfare schemes while focussing on what they have purportedly done for the State since the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh 10 years ago. Jagan Mohan Reddy with a ‘kodi-kathi’ at Visakhapatnam airport …

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10 months, 1 week ago

SC's electoral bonds scheme verdict: How BJP stands to lose the most?

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment on Thursday, delivered a big setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government and annulled the electoral bonds scheme for political funding, saying it violates the Constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression as well as the right to information. All political parties put together received over ₹12,000 crore till last fiscal since …

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10 months, 1 week ago

'All petitions filed by us have been comprehensively allowed': Prashant Bhushan on SC's electoral bonds scheme verdict

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court struck down the Electoral Bonds scheme as unconstitutional, senior advocate Prashant Bhushan said that the petitions filed have been comprehensively allowed by the top court. Speaking on the SC verdict, the senior lawyer said, "The Supreme Court has struck down the electoral bond scheme, comprehensively struck it down, and all the provisions that were …

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1 year ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC's Art. 370 ruling has left key questions unanswered

Deccan Chronicle

When the Narendra Modi government soon after its May 2019 victory in the Lok Sabha elections brought a bill in Parliament in August 2019 to do away with Article 370 of the Constitution, which accorded temporary special status to Jammu and Kashmir, at a time when there was no elected government in the state, and Governor’s Rule of December 2018, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Strict Action and Not Seasonal Scolding Must Be SC’s Take on Delhi’s AQI Menace

The Quint

With stubble burning being the prime reason, vehicular pollution and incapacitated smog towers in the capital continue to exacerbate the situation. The SC has mandated the concerned governments to provide details of the steps taken and their progress thus far in the upcoming hearing scheduled next Tuesday. While the governments continue to grapple with technical, economic, and political challenges to …

1 year, 1 month ago

Jagan Tops in Upliftment of Economically Weaker Communities: YSRC Leaders

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: State ministers, legislators and leaders increased the tempo of their campaign regarding the development and welfare schemes of the Jagan Mohan Reddy government on the eleventh day of the YSR Congress Samajika Sadhikara bus yatra on Thursday. Rajasekhar Reddy, social welfare minister Merugu Nagarjuna said, ‘Many political stalwarts have initiated movements to address and eliminate social disparities among the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Governor’s remark on Dalit woman’s inability to take charge as panchayat president inaccurate and defamatory: Duraimurugan

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister and DMK general secretary Duraimurugan on Friday condemned Governor R.N. Ravi for what he described as defamatory remarks against the State government on the issue of a Scheduled Caste woman’s inability to take charge as panchayat president in Tirupattur district. Pointing out that 4,357 posts in 12,525 village panchayats in Tamil Nadu have been reserved …

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1 year, 3 months ago

India-South Korea relations in the age of Indo-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities

Firstpost

The year 2023 marks 50 years of India and the Republic of Korea, South Korea, bilateral relations. RoK’s immediate security concerns are the nuclear powers communist China and North Korea, the latter being backed by the former. Over 50 per cent of India’s global trade passes through the South China Sea. India-RoK bilateral defence deals and the recently held Korea-India …

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2 years, 2 months ago

After SC/ST quota hike, reservation-related demands pile up in Karnataka

Hindustan Times

With reservation-related demands from various communities intensifying following the state government's decision to increase quota for SCs and STs, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said there are aspirations from all communities and appropriate decisions will be taken after due consideration. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai There are reservation-related demands made by various communities -- the Panchamasali Lingayats want …

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Naidu should focus on achievement of Special Category Status and other promises instead of harping on ‘Vision 2047’, says Y.S. Sharmila

Inside Telangana Caste Survey: Wary Respondents, Tired Surveyors & Privacy Fears

Subclassification of Scheduled Castes trigger arguments in assembly

SC Issues Clarification on 'Clock' Symbol Usage by Political Faction

60% of party posts to SCs, STs, BCs and minorities, promises TPCC chief

Government should take up caste census immediately, says BSP State coordinator

Congress frames social justice as an essential step of a policy framework to ensure justice

Economic Reservation In India: Sub Classification Of SC ST

Bharat Bandh today: Which key groups, political parties to join protest against SC's reservation ruling

Why Bharat bandh call today? What is open, what is closed?

Top court allows SC/ST subcategories in quota

Parties term Supreme Court verdict on allowing states to sub-classify SCs as 'historic'

A political history of Andhra Pradesh: Two states and modern times

What is 'Special Category Status' and how does a state get it? Know benefits

Congress spreading lies on reservation quotas to defeat BJP: Bandi Sanjay Kumar

Analysis | Five issues that are likely to affect the fortunes of YSRCP and NDA partners in Lok Sabha elections in A.P.

SC's electoral bonds scheme verdict: How BJP stands to lose the most?

'All petitions filed by us have been comprehensively allowed': Prashant Bhushan on SC's electoral bonds scheme verdict

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC's Art. 370 ruling has left key questions unanswered

Strict Action and Not Seasonal Scolding Must Be SC’s Take on Delhi’s AQI Menace

Jagan Tops in Upliftment of Economically Weaker Communities: YSRC Leaders

Governor’s remark on Dalit woman’s inability to take charge as panchayat president inaccurate and defamatory: Duraimurugan

India-South Korea relations in the age of Indo-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities

After SC/ST quota hike, reservation-related demands pile up in Karnataka