SC categorisation into three groups to come into effect from Monday
The Hindu
Scheduled Caste communities categorized into three groups based on backwardness, with reservation percentages allocated accordingly, effective Monday.
Categorisation of the Scheduled Caste communities into three groups will come into effect from Monday, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
The Cabinet sub-committee headed by Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and co-chaired by Health Minister C. Damodar Rajanarsimha convened a meeting with senior officials on Sunday for giving final touches to the government order in this regard. The order would be formally released on Monday and the first copy will be presented to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy said the categorisation issue pending for decades has been realised after the Congress government took over the reins in the State. The government accordingly finalised the order keeping in view the recommendations made by the one-man commission headed by retired judge Justice Shameem Akhter.
The categorisation of 59 sub-castes among the SCs into three groups was taken up on the basis of backwardness of the SC groups. The first group comprised 15 sub-castes that were most backward among the SCs comprising 3.288 per cent of the population. It was accordingly decided to provide one per cent reservation to these sub-castes.
The second group comprising 18 sub-castes constituting 62.74 per cent population and in receipt of marginal benefits, had been given nine per cent reservation. The third group with 26 sub-castes and constituting 33.96 per cent of SC population and relatively forward compared to other groups, was given five per cent reservation.
Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy recalled that the State government had constituted the one-man commission immediately after the Supreme Court’s historical verdict on categorisation, and the commission conducted an in-depth study on the status of these sub-castes, receiving over 8,600 representations in the process.
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