SC categorisation into three groups to come into effect from Monday
The Cabinet sub-committee, headed by Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and co-chaired by Health Minister C. Damodar Rajanarasimha, met the committee members on SC categorisation on Sunday. 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 …
