[ZESTCaste] Rs 149.50 cr for dalits' welfare
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Rs-14950-cr-for-dalits-welfare/articleshow/6267151.cms Rs 149.50 cr for dalits' welfare TNN, Aug 6, 2010, 10.50pm IST HAVERI: Karnataka State Ambedkar Development Corporation (KSADC) chairman A R Krishnamurthy said that the government has allotted Rs 145.90 crore for the upliftment of SC/ST families. After convening a review meeting, he told reporters that corporation aims at taking up various development and welfare schemes for dalits. Haveri district will get Rs 45 lakh. KSADC has plans to sanction Rs 1-lakh loan each SC/ST beneficiary to drill borewells and for irrigation pumpsets, for which Rs 86,000 is the subsidy from the government. In Haveri, corporation has provided 690 power connections to beneficiaries of irrigation pumpsets. As many as 519 connections would be given in the next six months. Self-help scheme has become popular among the dalits and the corporation has provided Rs 13.95 lakh to 110 beneficiaries under the scheme. Forty-nine beneficiaries have taken a direct loan of Rs 2.79 lakh this year while Rs 50,000 is given as loan to each member of nine Bhangi families in Savanur, he added. District KSADC officer Kavita Warnagal, ZP member Parameshappa Megalamani were present.
[ZESTCaste] Maya to make room for 61% green cover at memorial
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Maya-to-make-room-for-61--green-cover-at-memorial/657126/ Maya to make room for 61% green cover at memorial Krishnadas Rajagopal Posted online: 2010-08-07 00:33:20+05:30 New DelhiUttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Friday agreed to break and remove 48,300 sq m of concrete pavement at Noida Park to make room for about 61% green cover at the half-complete memorial site for Dalit leaders. But a Green Bench led by Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia on Friday chose to drive the bargain a notch higher by quoting the latest recommendation of its Central Empowered Committee (CEC) for 65% tree cover. “We are agreeable to anything. Let us end this matter instead of dragging it on here. The Commonwealth Games is near, in October. The half-finished construction has become an eyesore, and if not completed soon will be cause for national shame,” senior advocate and Mayawati’s counsel KK Venugopal replied to the court. The Bench has now asked the government to consider 65% green cover, excluding the surrounding boundary walls and remaining pavement, and 35% of concrete. Any structural changes, however, can be made only after the Supreme Court lifts a stay on construction ordered on October 9, 2009. The ban came after the CEC reported that no prior environmental clearance was taken for the Rs 650-crore project. An August 5 UP government affidavit by Director (Horticulture), NOIDA, B Prabhakar, says the state sees eye-to-eye with a “suggestion” from the Supreme Court on July 30, 2010 to increase green plantation “to 60%”. “The UP government has re-planned the layout of the Noida Park and will be breaking and removing the existing paved area to the extent of 48,300 sq m approximately and converting the same into a green area with tree cover so that the total green area is about 61%,” the affidavit stated. The government even names the species of the trees it intends to plant. “We will have neem, lichi, mango... a large green canopy as per UP Forest Department norms,” Venugopal submitted. In reply to a specific query from the Bench on the presence of water bodies in the park, Venugopal pointed to the map to show ‘concrete’ water tanks, complete with fountains, which would use treated water instead of ground water. Asked if birds would flock to concrete water tanks, Venugopal recounted from his own experience of keeping a “water basin in his garden where the birds flock since morning”. “What is done is done. The trees are gone. His (Venugopal’s) client says those trees will be replaced,” SC amicus curiae Harish Salve said. But advocate Jayant Bhushan, representing the residents near the memorial site, chose not to agree. “We want 100% green. Is it possible for everyone to waste tax payers money on a construction and cut 6,000 trees, and then later replace it with 6,000 saplings which will take another 30 years to grow,” Bhushan argued. INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[ZESTCaste] To expand base, BJP pushes for Dalit sub-quota
http://www.hindustantimes.com/To-expand-base-BJP-pushes-for-Dalit-sub-quota/Article1-583268.aspx To expand base, BJP pushes for Dalit sub-quota Vikas Pathak, Hindustan Times New Delhi, August 06, 2010First Published: 23:30 IST(6/8/2010) Last Updated: 23:33 IST(6/8/2010) In an attempt to widen its support base, the BJP has officially decided to back Dalit sub-quota politics to divide the Dalit vote and lay claim to the least developed sections of Dalits. BJP president Nitin Gadkari wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday demanding a constitutional amendment to enable the splitting of the Scheduled Caste (SC) quota so as to make it possible for the Madiga caste in Andhra to get the benefit of an SC sub-quota. The Madigas have been agitating for an SC sub-quota — also recommended by the Usha Mehra Commission two years back — on the ground that they cannot compete with the more advanced Mala caste within a common SC quota. The letter has another political motive too. The Madigas are concentrated in Telangana while the Malas are mainly found in coastal Andhra, and the BJP sees a chance to further its support base in Telangana to get a foothold in a state where the Congress has been declining after the death of Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy. The Chandrababu Naidu government had actually split the state’s SC quota, but the apex court struck this down saying that as per the constitution SCs cannot be sub-divided. “For ages there has been a feeling among the Madigas who constitute a majority of the SCs in Andhra that they continue to be deprived of the benefits of reservations simply because they are far less empowered than other groups among the SCs,” Gadkari wrote. The BJP’s plan to expand its support among more advanced Dalit castes is not easy, as they sometimes view it as an upper caste party. Rajnath Singh had tried to carve out SC sub-quota as Chief Minister in UP to create a Jatav (BSP supporter)-non-Jatav divide, but this didn’t happen. The Congress, too, had introduced a sub-quota in Punjab in the 1970s to consolidate its support among Mazhabi Sikhs. INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[ZESTCaste] After RSS' stand on caste census, BJP a divided house
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rss-cracks-whip-bjp-rethink-over-caste-census-42603 After RSS' stand on caste census, BJP a divided house NDTV Correspondent , Updated: August 07, 2010 09:24 IST New Delhi: The BJP is dilly-dallying in its stand on the caste census issue. After first saying yes, it now sounds ambiguous. During the budget session of Parliament the party had said yes and now by backtracking, it has compounded the confusion over the entire matter. On May 10, while the budget session was on in the Lok Sabha, Gopinath Munde, Deputy Leader of the Opposition had said, "What's the harm of the government... if the Prime Minister goes back on his word; he will let the backwards down." It is said that the reason behind this sudden thinking wave is the RSS. The RSS is said to have cracked the whip on the party and said no to caste census. Since then, the BJP is divided between the OBC leaders and the rest who were worried that the caste census will raise fresh caste aspirations. The fear of a fragmented Hindu society and poorly evolved backward leadership is why the BJP doesn't want to say yes. But after an-all party meeting Pranab Mukherjee had asked the BJP to clarify its stand. However, instead of clarity the party chose ambiguity. Ananth Kumar, BJP General Secretary, says "The Congress is waiting. The UPA is waiting. Why do they want the BJP to give its opinion and then form their stand?" But the UPA and the government are no better. In the budget session Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh demanded a caste census. Facing the Opposition's cut motions the government gave in. A Group of Ministers was set up. But the voices of dissent are still alive. Some in the government are saying no to caste census, halfheartedly, only to save the integrity of the census. But most of the party men and allies are saying yes. Digvijaya Singh, General Secretary, Congress, "Caste is a reality in India which has been accepted by all political parties and also the Indian Constitution." Ramvilas Paswan, LJP President, "We want that the decision should be taken fast." Lalu Yadav, RJD President "Whatever needs to be done should be done fast." It appears that consensus is necessary. But with the big two of Indian politics taking an ambiguous stand, chances of a quick consensus on caste census have receded. Story first published: August 07, 2010 08:12 IST
[ZESTCaste] Bill to hike SC/ST quota
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/bill-hike-scst-quota-363 Bill to hike SC/ST quota August 7th, 2010 DC Correspondent Share Buzz up!Tags: Amendment Bill, Central education institutions, Central law, more, reservation, Reservation in Admission, SC and ST students Duffer's Guide Indian quota system more New Delhi, Aug. 6: The government on Friday introduced a bill that will enable certain Central educational institutions to give reservation to more SC and ST students than what is stipulated under a Central law. The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Amendment Bill, 2010, also provides for giving additional time of three years to Central and Centrally-aided educational institutions to create infrastructure for implementing 27 per cent OBC quota. The amendments are also being brought to safeguard the interests of the tribal population of the Northeast. The amendment will enable certain institutions like the Sikkim University and Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, which had higher quota structure for SC and ST students, to continue with their previous regime. Difficulties were experienced by some of the CEIs, particularly those in the Northeast inhabited by tribal population and Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, which has been reserving 50 per cent seats for SC and ST. The amendment gives exemption to such institutions in tribal areas from implementing 27 per cent quota for OBCs in admission as required under the act. These universities, most of which are located in the NE, will be able to continue with 15 per cent reservation for STs even though the CEI (Reservation in Admission) Act stipulates 7.5 per cent reservation for them.
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