INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
its Dalit outreach, the central government has decided to expand a scheme to provide subsidised food grains to students belonging to
announcement made by union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in Patna today comes at a time Dalits are angry over what they
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka
Students are entitled to 15 kg of rice or wheat at rates that apply to families living below the poverty line."Over one crore students
across the country will benefit," said Mr Paswan, adding that the list of beneficiaries will cover residents of private hostels where
two-thirds of students are from scheduled castes, scheduled tribes or OBCs
organised by Mr Paswan on Ambedkar Jayanti last week, Mr Kumar had included those from the Paswan sub-caste into the category of Mahadalits
nearly 15 per cent of Bihar's voters
And with the opposition RJD trying to cash in on the Dalit outrage ahead of the 2019 elections, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance
month's order that relaxed some tough provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
