A parliamentary panel directs the Centre to enhance and review scholarships for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes due to insuffic...

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge wonders how the youth of backward communities would get jobs when their education would be affected by sh...

Union Budget 2025-26 allocates Rs 13,611 crore to the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, a 35.75% increase. Key allocations incl...

The key areas of funding include Rs 9,549.98 crore for the 'Umbrella Scheme for Development of Scheduled Castes', a significant increase fr...

India's consumer economy (ICE) surveys 2014, 2016 and 2021 - show that caste is not as important a determining factor as 'caste warriors' m...

Twelve public sector banks have come under the National Commission for Scheduled Castes' scanner for non-implementation of central schemes,...

Reviews conducted by NITI Aayog have revealed that the ministries are unable to find targeted schemes to utilise the earmarked amount and s...

The meeting would also review the measures undertaken for the welfare of Scheduled Castes in the banks. The review will focus on the reserv...

The government has launched various schemes specifically for scheduled castes that includes Stand-Up India Scheme, Credit Enhancement Guara...

Niti Aayog has proposed to revamp the decades-old Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Sub Plan which involve 41 ministries earmarking 2-20...

Days after the education department ticked off the state government for failure to meet several access-related criteria for SCs and minorit...

Even as most ministries show 50-60% utilisation with less than a month for the current fiscal to end, the review has found that funds spent...

The budget has given a decisive push to social sector with enhanced allocations for welfare schemes and a renewed emphasis on education for...

Design and implementation challenges facing NHPS are even greater. Hospitals will have an inherent interest in pushing patients towards mor...

The Niti Aayog has drawn up a plan that is expected to raise spending on scheduled castes and tribes that account for more than 25% of Indi...

UGC is implementing schemes for empowerment of SCs, STs and minorities that include setting up of equal opportunity cells and scholarships.

Engineering institutes in Punjab will face strict action if they charge fees from SC students covered under post-matric scheme.