Telangana becomes first state to implement SC categorisation | What does it mean?
In a first in the country, Telangana on Monday issued a government order on the implementation of Schedule Castes (SC) categorisation, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy announced. The state government had previously appointed a commission led by retired High Court judge Justice Shameem Akther on SC categorisation, which made recommendations that the 59 Scheduled Caste (SC) communities be divided into three groups such as I, II, and III for the total reservations of 15 per cent in government jobs and education.
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