Dalits Media Watch
News Updates 16.06.12
Temple fete cancelled to protest Dalits' entry - The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article3533558.ece
SC, ST, OBC students to compete on merit too - The Times Of India
Sadashiva panel favours internal quota suggests reclassification of SC/STs into 4 groups -The Times Of India
The Hindu
Temple fete cancelled to protest Dalits' entry
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article3533558.ece
V. Ragunathan
No clashes but Niramani village remains tense
Festivities at a Mariamman temple in Niramani village near here were abruptly cancelled by the caste Hindus to protest the temple entry of Dalits on Friday.
The fire-walking ceremony, part of the celebrations, was scheduled to take place in the afternoon.
About 150 residents of a colony, led by Palanivel, branch secretary of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, offered worship at the temple, run by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department.
On coming to know of their entry, a section of the caste Hindus opposed the action, contending why the Dalits should enter the temple when they had a temple in their colony.
The caste Hindus, led by Manivel, Nallur panchayat union chairman, assembled before the temple and cancelled all events for the day.
Thittakudi Deputy Superintendent of Police Vanitha, Assistant DSP Ramakrishnan and Thittakudi Tahsildar Prabhakar rushed to the spot and held talks.
Superintendent of Police (Cuddalore) P. Pakalavan told The Hindu that when the Dalits sought to enter the sanctum sanctorum they were politely told that this was against custom. They dispersed peacefully.
Though there were no clashes, the village remained tense. A strong posse of police personnel has been posted.
The Times Of India
SC, ST, OBC students to compete on merit too
Gauree Malkarnekar, TNN | Jun 16, 2012, 01.18AM IST
PANAJI: Professional college seat aspirants from scheduled caste (SC), scheduled tribe (ST) and other backward classes (OBC) will now have the opportunity to compete on merit too in the general category other than the reserved category of seats, when the merit list is prepared as per the Goa Common Entrance Test (GCET) scores.
"All these years, we have been preparing the merit list for the reserved seats first and then the general category. From this year on, the merit list for the general category will be prepared first. Here, those in the reserved category - SC, ST, OBC candidates - will be able to compete on merit. SC, ST, OBC students who cannot get into the general category list will then get a chance through the reserved category list," deputy director for technical education Pradip Kusnur said.
The new decision will give SC, ST and OBC candidates a better chance at a professional seat as they can compete in both categories.
"If an SC, ST, OBC student can get a better rank in the medicine merit list, for instance, as he has the merit for it, there is no reason why he should not compete with the best," Kusnur said.
GCET is held by the directorate of technical education for admissions to seats in professional degree courses of medicine, dentistry, engineering, pharmacy and homeopathy.
"The reserved category students, who are able to get a seat under the general category on merit, will also be eligible for the same tuition fee concession, provided to them by the state government," Kusnur said.
The Times Of India
Sadashiva panel favours internal quota suggests reclassification of SC/STs into 4 groups
TNN | Jun 15, 2012, 11.28AM IST
BANGALORE: AJ Sadashiva Commission of Inquiry has favoured providing internal reservation (reclassification of 15% reservation amongst the sub-sects) broadly classifying the 101 sub-sects of SC/STs in the state into four groups. This is to ensure that the benefits of welfare schemes reach all the needy.
In its 200-page report submitted to chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Thursday, the commission, set up to review distribution of reservation benefits among various SC/ST groups, has found the benefits of reservation and of welfare schemes in Karnataka were reaching only a few groups among the SCs and STs, and several other sub-sects were the worst affected as a result.
But the rider here is that the Karnataka government has little role to play in creating the internal reservation. Quoting a recent court verdict, Justice Sadashiva said " Presently, the reservation benefits meant for SC/STs are being cornered by a section of powerful sub-sects belonging to the right wing. As a constitutional amendment is required to Article 341, only Parliament is empowered to do so,'' he added.
Keeping this in view, he said the commission in its report recommendsed that state government should insist Parliament make amendments to bring out the changes at the earliest.
As per the commission's recommendations, the 101 sub-sects of SC/STs in Karnataka should be broadly divided into four categories -- left wing (who identify with former dy PM Babu Jagjivanram), right wing (with BR Ambedkar and Buddhism), other SCs and touchables. Of the 15 % reservation extended to SC/STs, the commission recommends 6% reservation for the left wing, 5% for right, 1% for other SCs and 3% for touchables.
Justice Sadashiva said these recommendations were made following a feedback from 96 lakh SC/STs in the state. The commission had undertaken a major exercise conducting door-to-door survey of 101 categories of SCs, to determine their backwardness. For this, a comprehensive 195-question format was prepared, which took almost a year. The queries pertained to educational, cultural and economic background of families, and also the extent of reservation availed by them.
However, the survey brought out one interesting fact. Of the 96 lakh SC/STs, about six lakh people declined to identify their sub-caste. Probably these people are those untouchables who are yet to come out of the age-old social stigma,'' Justice Sadashiva said.
After accepting the report, CM Sadananda Gowda said the government will examine and study the report before tabling it in the House.
LONGEST-SERVING COMMISSION
AJ Sadashiva Commission of Inquiry will go into the annals of Karnataka history as the longest-serving inquiry commission in Karnataka, and the reason is not because the panel was unable to meet the deadline, but sheer apathy of governments of the day - since Sept, 25,2005 - to provide necessary inputs to get the commission going. Justice Sadashiva said he has dedicated five pages in the report to explain the ordeal. Though the commission was formed in 2005 under the Dharam Singh government, it got down to work in 2010 after former CM B S Yeddyurappa released Rs 11.12 crore.
SURVEY FACTS
* Of the 96 lakh people identified during the survey, 33.47% belong to left wing, 32% to right wing, 4.5% to other SCs and 23.64 % touchables
* There are about 1.58 lakh SC/ST government employees in Karnataka
* There are 20.54 lakh SC/ST households in Karnataka
* In Karnataka, SC/STs together tip the population scale at 22.7%
* About 6 lakh SC/STs refused to identify their sub-castes during survey
India Today
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.Arun Khote
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