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Efforts on to grant, safeguard rights of forest dwellers, communit
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 18 (ANI): Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, and Rules in Jammu and Kashmir which hav
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Kerala govt to appoint ST priest in Travancore Devaswom Board for
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 6 (ANI): In a historic first, the Kerala government is set to appoint a priest from Scheduled Tribes (ST) category in Travancore Devaswom Board.
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Andhra CM introduces new industrial policy to help SC, ST entrepre
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 26 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has released the state's new industrial policy (2020-23) with an aim to provide an additional push to the aspiring entrepreneurs, especially among the underprivileged communities, particu
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Law and order situation deteriorating in Andhra Pradesh, says BJP
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 3 (ANI): Commenting on the increasing number of crimes against women, Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), BJP's Lanka Dinakar on Saturday said that the law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh is worsening day by day.
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Maha Governor promulgates notification amending Forest Rights Act
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has issued a notification modifying the Forest Rights Act, 2006 that will enable forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other traditional forest-dwelling families to build houses in the neighbour
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Congress to hold round table in view of increasing attacks on weak
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 8 (ANI): The Congress party will be holding a round table meeting with the leaders of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), on September 11th in view of increasing attacks on the reserved sections of the
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SC/ST murder cases pending in courts for 15 years should be moved
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, requesting him that all murder cases relating to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (SC/ST) pending in courts for the last 15 years should be moved to
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Collection, harvesting, processing of forest produce exempted fro
Updated : 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The collection, harvesting, and processing of forest produce and non-timber forest produce by Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other forest dwellers have been exempted from the lockdown, said Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, her
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Financial crisis affected schemes for SC/STs in Kerala: Minister A
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 4 (ANI): The financial crisis in Kerala has affected the various schemes being run for the backward communities in the state, said AK Balan, Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes on Wednesday.
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BJP submits memorandum to Raj Guv on rising crimes against SC/ST u
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation met Governor Kalraj Mishra on Saturday and presented a memorandum to him on the rising incidents of cruelty against members of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST)under the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress
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Cabinet approves amendments to give occupancy rights to scheduled
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): The union cabinet on Wednesday approved amendment of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands Land Revenue and Tenancy Regulation, 1965 to confer occupancy rights to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population in the union territory.
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BJP-led government giving slow death to reservation provisions: Ma
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday accused the BJP-led government of giving "slow death" to constitutional provisions for reservation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and said the only way is for these sections to get "ma
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