HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has urged the Centre to enhance Scheduled Tribes (ST) reservations from 6.5% to 10%.
A couple of years ago, the state assembly passed a resolution in favour of increasing the reservations and sent that to the Centre. A constitutional amendment and President’s approval are mandatory to increase reservations.
On Thursday, during a video conference on national tribal research with Union tribal welfare minister Arjun Munda, state tribal, women and child welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod said that after the creation of Telangana, the population of STs increased to 9.08% but reservation is still 6.5%.
She also said that the Centre has not started Tribal University in Telangana. “In Andhra Pradesh, tribal welfare university has started functioning but the Centre has not given clearance to start the university in Telangana despite allocation of 350 acre land by the state,” the minister said.
Satyavathi Rathod also sought Centre’s help in implementing GO 3, which says that the teachers’ vacancies in the agencies should be filled with locals. The GO was struck down by the Supreme Court in April this year. “The state government had filed a review petition on the verdict. We urge the Centre's cooperation in bringing back the GO 3,” the minister said.
She also spoke about mini Gurukulams and Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in the state. “The Centre had permitted 29 mini Gurukulams last year and about 5,000 students joined. However, the renewal was not done this year,” she said. The minister asked for more Ekalvaya schools, in addition to the existing 23.
A couple of years ago, the state assembly passed a resolution in favour of increasing the reservations and sent that to the Centre. A constitutional amendment and President’s approval are mandatory to increase reservations.
On Thursday, during a video conference on national tribal research with Union tribal welfare minister Arjun Munda, state tribal, women and child welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod said that after the creation of Telangana, the population of STs increased to 9.08% but reservation is still 6.5%.
She also said that the Centre has not started Tribal University in Telangana. “In Andhra Pradesh, tribal welfare university has started functioning but the Centre has not given clearance to start the university in Telangana despite allocation of 350 acre land by the state,” the minister said.
Satyavathi Rathod also sought Centre’s help in implementing GO 3, which says that the teachers’ vacancies in the agencies should be filled with locals. The GO was struck down by the Supreme Court in April this year. “The state government had filed a review petition on the verdict. We urge the Centre's cooperation in bringing back the GO 3,” the minister said.
She also spoke about mini Gurukulams and Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in the state. “The Centre had permitted 29 mini Gurukulams last year and about 5,000 students joined. However, the renewal was not done this year,” she said. The minister asked for more Ekalvaya schools, in addition to the existing 23.
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