Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Andolan Atrocity Helpline +91-20-69101111 Diwali is celebrated by giving gifts to others, but Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra is setting a new trend of diverting an amount of Rs. 1000 Crore from Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Scheduled Tribes Sub-Plan. Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Andolan logo On 16th October 2017, Maharashtra Government published …
Looking through His Majesty’s Glasses: The Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes in Odisha
Sangram Keshari Mallick September 2015. There is ample discussion these days on the achievements of Sri Naveen Patnaik in the first year of his fourth innings in power. While different writers have highlighted many other issues, this write up shall be restricted to discuss the condition of SCs and STs who constitute 39.98% population …
Dalit and Adivasi students prepare to fight: National Dalit and Adivasi Students’ Parliament
Note on the National Dalit and Adivasi Students’ Parliament to be held on 9th December, 2013, Jantar Mantar, New Delhi ~ Abhay Xaxa, Prachi R Beula and Babita Negi In the words of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, education is milk of the lioness which will empower everyone who drinks it. History stands witness to the fact …
The Politics of Special Legislations in India
Asha Kowtal I was not yet in my first standard of school when the strategies of the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) (earlier known as Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes) were put into force. Way back in 1979-80, the SCSP mandated every State/Ministry to earmark funds from the Plan outlay, atleast in proportion …
Gujarat Dalit and Adivasi Students’ Convention
On 3rd March, 2013, Sunday9:30 am At St. Xavier’s College, Siddharth Assembly Hall, Narangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Dear Friends,
Andhra Pradesh Dalits and Adivasis marching towards achieving Statutory Status for SCP and TSP
Karthik Navayan SC, ST Sub-Plan Nidhula Saadhana Ikya Kaaryacharana Committee (United Action Committee to claim SC, ST Sub-Plan Funds) was formed under the leadership of Sri Kaki Madhava Rao, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh as its chairman and Retired Justice K. Ramaswamy as adviser. Retired IAS Officers Sri B. Danam, Sri K.R. Venu …
Mind over Savanur
Kuffir If India were a country of 18 crores, instead of 118 crores or so, all the excitement in the media would make more sense. A panelist on a TV debate on the Union Budget, for instance, expresses warm approval of a particular proposal, saying: ‘infrastructure would help the poor more than subsidies in …
Reforming Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) / Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)
Recommendations on Reforming Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) / Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) — National Advisory Council [The Working Group of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on Dalit Issues have prepared a set of Draft Recommendations to be considered by the National Advisory Council on the reform of the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan. These Draft Recommendations are …