News about Scheduled Castes

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Latest news and events in the press about Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

official designations given to various groups of indigenous people in India

38 minutesOfficials told to work in a coordinated manner to benefit SCs, STs

13 hoursRevised SC internal quota decision in Karnataka draws BJP’s ire, Cong backs it

a dayWest Bengal assembly election: Modi alleges women suffered most during TMC rule

a dayAt Social Justice Ministry huddle, counting DNTs in focus

a dayAmbedkar Porata Samithi calls for health survey in rural areas of Bobbili

Scheduled Castes - Latest events

Lokesh elevated to TDP working president amid politburo reshuffle

11 daysAndhra Pradesh

Odisha raises quota for STs, SCs; introduces reservation for OBCs in medical and technical education

22 daysOdisha

Supreme Court concludes only Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists can claim Scheduled Caste status

a monthSupreme Court

20 dead, most of them women, in Andhra Pradesh's worst firecracker unit explosion

2 monthsAndhra Pradesh

Statements

“ The existing allocation of seats... is based on the population figures published as per 1971 census and division of territorial constituencies is based on the population figures published as per 2001…

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Arjun Ram Meghwal, 13 days

Delimitation reset to redraw India’s electoral contours

Latest events

India, New Zealand ink free trade agreement

4 hoursNZ

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin arrives in Kodaikanal

6 hoursTamil Nadu

AAP no longer the same old party; has a toxic work environment, says Raghav Chadha

6 hoursRaghav Chadha

'Hope of getting justice shattered': Arvind Kejriwal refuses to appear before court, writes to…

9 hoursArvind Kejriwal