Hyderabad: The Muslims and Other backward Classes (OBCs) in 10 districts of Telangana region are growing poorer, says a recent region-wise survey.

New Delhi: Fifty per cent of poor in the country belong to the schedules castes, the National Council for Scheduled Castes has revealed in a study.

Bhubaneshwar: The Orissa government has decided to introduce a special legislation to regulate issuance and verification of caste certificates across the state.

Bhopal: Hundreds of tribals of about 15 villages of Alirajpur district displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) are facing starvation after being wrongly categorised as Above the Poverty Line (APL) under the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Madhya Pradesh.

New Delhi: The Schedule Castes (SCs) and Schedules Tribes (STs) form half of the total ‘poor and deprived households’ in the country, says a pilot survey on Below Poverty Line population of India.

New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes is organising camps for Dalits to create awareness about their legal rights. The camps are being organized to make the Dalit population in the country aware of their legal rights and thus empowering them.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government has decided to set up a welfare department for the minority community. The creation of necessary posts for setting up the department has also been decided upon.

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa Government has sanctioned an additional 112 mobile health units to the tribal dominated blocks and backward KBK.