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HYDERABAD: The National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) will pursue the long-pending issue of providing reservation to SCs in private sector with the Centre, commission chairman P L Punia said on Wednesday.
Panipat :The Haryana government today hiked the monthly remuneration of safia karmacharis from Rs 3525 to Rs 4348.Making an announcement to this effect at a function here, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the step would benefit nearly 11,700 workers.
by B R AMBEDKAR The imperial Romans flashed their sword both in the East and the West with different results. In the East ” they conquered the world only to give it to in the West however ” they either Romanised the races who were at first their subjects masters, or left those races to …
by B. R Ambedkar Forms of Procedure are determined by functions of a body. The important functions of a Parliamentary Body are : (1) Power to express an opinion on and criticise any executive action. (2) Power to have Laws. (3) Power to provide money for carrying on the administration.
The Delhi government may have invited sharp criticism over the diversion of R744 crore funds meant for Scheduled Castes’ — or Dalits’ — welfare to the Commonwealth Games over five years, but many states have routinely been guilty of flouting norms when it comes to earmarking funds for Dalits.
Amnesty International has urged the Indian government to help end the routine torture of those held by police and prison authorities by ensuring the new Prevention of Torture Bill in India, 2010 meets international standards before adopting it.
Abusing a Dalit by his caste in private interaction is not an offence, a Delhi court has said. The court’s observation came while acquitting a principal of a government school of charges of passing some derogatory remarks against his junior, belonging to a Scheduled Caste. To drive home the guilt of the accused, such incidents …
by Chandrabhan Prasad The other day, I was pleasantly surprised to have Gama Ram at my home. He is thought of as a “living legend” among senior Dalits. He became a Sub-Inspector with the UP Police in February 1948. “At the time, becoming a Sub-Inspector was a lot bigger than becoming an IPS officer today,” …
by Chandrabhan Prasad During my last visit to Hyderabad, a young Dalit got rather upset with my view that the British rule had helped emancipate the community. So passionate was he that he wouldn’t even listen to Karl Marx’s views about the positive impact of British rule in India. Ultimately, when I presented him with …