22nd September 08:- The Ministry of Social Justice

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Social justice ministry has expressed strong reservation on a constitutional amendment to crate a new category for Denotified tribes with a separate 10% quota by breaching the 50% ceiling on reservation.

In a cabinet note to the Ministry of Home Affairs this month, the ministry has asked it to consider the proposal of the National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi nomadic tribes to provide reservation to them by adding a new article 342A defining the tribes as “scheduled community”.

It also said that DNT should be deleted from the list of SC/ST/OBC in which they fall after changes in the statute are made. It said these tribes had failed to take benefits available for tribals or Dalits or backwards. It also demanded that “Political Reservation” as available for SC/ST/OBC be also extended to them.

After the Cabinet’s in-principle approval, a detailed scheme will be
formulated and will be submitted for Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs’ approval for implementation from next financial year
2009-10,” says the Ministry on the Centrally-sponsored scheme.

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http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/to-SC-ST-add-another-SCMinistry/364376/