Tag: scheduled castes
Union Govt Discontinues Education Scheme for SC/ST Girl Students
The BJP ruled Union Government has decided to discontinue the National Scheme of Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE), aimed at promoting education...
AUD Scraps Fee Waiver for SC/ST/PwD, Students Protest Outside Gates
If the administration of AUD has been consistent in something, it has been in creating constant chaos among students. Even during the pandemic, they...
Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims Overrepresented in Prisons: NCRB Data
The latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows the continuing over-representation of Dalits, Adivasis, and Muslims in prisons as both...
Reservations for Subcastes Within SC and ST: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on August 27 said that reservations may be given to specific subcastes within the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes categories by...
Use Phrase “Physical Distancing” instead of “Social Distancing: Petition in SC
A letter petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions for discontinuance in usage of the phrase "Social Distancing" to all State...
Supreme Court’s (New) Reservations Judgment and Its Discontents
On 7 February, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court handed down a judgment holding that Article 16(4) of the Constitution is only an...
