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SC categorisation into three groups to come into effect from Monday

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 …

KCR hurt Telangana’s interests on Krishna waters, colluding with Jagan: Uttam

Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, R&B Minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy and TPCC working president T. Jayaprakash Reddy at a press conference in Hyderabad. Accusing BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao of speaking utter lies on Krishna waters, Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said KCR had done a great disservice to Telangana by favouring Andhra Pradesh with his silence, for personal benefits. At a press conference here, Mr. Reddy made a PowerPoint presentation to prove wrong KCR’s claims in an interview to a private television channel and alleged that Telangana has forever lost rights over Krishna water due to KCR’s 10-year silence on water distribution. The worst hit were the combined districts of Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda. Due to KCR’s inefficiency, Telangana’s share in Krishna water was drastically reduced to 299 tmcft as the BRS government entered into an interim ad hoc agreement on June 18, 2015 with the AP government to share 811 tmcft of Krishna River water in a 512:299. Telangana was eligible for 70% of the allocation due to a larger catchment area, …