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Indian Express
4 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
How key Telangana panel will gauge caste backwardness on a scale
A three-member expert committee constituted by the A Revanth Reddy-led Telangana government to study the state's caste enumeration exercise would measure relative backwardness of different castes on a scale of zero to 126 on 42 parameters. The Telangana Social Educational Employment Economic Caste Survey (2024) classified 243 castes in the state. This year, the Revanth Reddy government set up a three member committee comprising former Supreme Court Justice Sudarshan Reddy (chairman), writer and academic Kancha Ilaiah (vice chairman) and Congress leader Praveen Chakravarthy (member convener) to study the caste survey data and come up with a way of measuring the backwardness of different castes. Chakravarty, who is also the chairman of the Professionals' Congress, told The Indian Express that this is the first time in the country that 'a measure of backwardness is being done based on a wide variety of parameters'. The 42 parameters being used to measure backwardness of different castes include social circumstances, educational background, living standards, occupation, income, movable and immovable assets, and access to banking and finance. The parameters were designed on the basis of the Mandal Commission Report of 1980, which had used 11 parameters to compute relative backwardness. The Telangana panel's backwardness index has 17 points as positive indicators of development. These including inter-caste marriages, robust gender ratio, educational qualifications including diploma and above, private school education, English medium school education, government and private job profile, ownership of medium or large business, immigration to other countries for work, annual income of Rs 5 to 50 lakh, income tax payment, land holding of irrigated land or land between five to 20 acres, and households having a car and a fridge. As per this, households which have an annual income between Rs 5 and 50 lakh and own large tracts of land, for example, would get a smaller score on the measure of backwardness. On the other hand, those with annual income less than Rs 1 lakh or those who hold less than five acres of land will get a higher score of backwardness. The panel's negative indicators of backwardness include discrimination at places of worship, child marriage, women who have education below Class X, high school dropout rate, illiteracy, daily wage work, child labour, NREGA work, informal sector employment, no toilet, tap water and electricity. The Telangana caste survey had covered 3.55 crore people and collected information about 75 fields, including 'social, economic. educational, identity, occupational and living aspects of their daily lives. Of the 243 caste groups identified in the survey, 73 sub-castes constitute 96% of the population of Telangana. These include 10 sub-castes of Scheduled Castes (SCs), seven sub-castes of Scheduled Tribes (STs), 45 sub-castes of Backward Classes (BCs), and 11 sub-castes of Other Castes.
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Donald Trump Tariff LIVE Updates: India wants US to cut duties for labour-intensive sectors
00:20 (IST) May 16 The Congress on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on US President Donald Trump's remarks in Doha, where he claimed that India has agreed to "zero tariffs" on several American goods as against its "highest" tariffs, asking what linkage does it have with the stopping of Operation Sindoor. "The Commerce Minister is in Washington DC and President Trump has made yet another grand announcement from Doha. There is total chuppi from our PM. What has he agreed to and what linkage is there between this and the stoppage of Operation Sindoor?" AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked in a post on X. He also tagged a report quoting Trump that India has offered "zero tariffs" on several American goods as part of its trade deal with the United States. "India is one of the highest tariff nations in the world. It is very hard to sell in India. They have offered us a deal where basically they are willing to -- literally -- they charge us no tariff. We go from the highest tariff -- you could not do business in India, we are not even in the top 30 in India because the tariff is so high -- to a point where they have actually told us that there will be no tariff. Would you say that is the difference? They were the highest, and now they are saying no tariff," Trump said in Doha. India is currently holding talks for finalising a trade deal with the United States and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is in the US for the negotiations. Congress's data analytics department and Professionals' Congress chairman Pravin Chakravarty, in a post on X, shared an old speech of Modi, in which he had said, "Ab ki baar, Trump Sarkar." "Pakistan PM and India PM are equal. Pakistan and India are equal powers. Apple should not manufacture in India. Kashmir is an international issue. "Only India's sworn enemy would say this? No, these are by President Trump! Who went to US and campaigned for Ab ki baar Trump sarkar?" Chakravarty asked in his post. (PTI)
Time of India
03-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Professionals' Congress launched workplace wellness campaign in Kerala
T'puram: All India Professionals' Congress , Kerala chapter has launched a wellness campaign in memory of Anna Sebastian, an MNC employee who passed away in July last year due to excessive workplace stress. As part this, AICC general secretary Deepa Dasmunsi inaugurated a state-level event on Friday. Dasmunsi said that if the UDF comes to power in Kerala, they will implement the Office Wellness Bill . Professionals' Congress national president Praveen Chakravarty, who presided over the event, said that the law is part of a comprehensive intervention for professionals in various sectors. Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Ramesh Chennithala, who spoke on the occasion, also emphasised the necessity of such a law. The 'For Anna, For All' campaign is a three-month programme during which AIPC Kerala members will travel to every district in the state to hold meetings with professionals, their parents, employers, and health experts. The aim is to gather inputs, suggestions, and recommendations to draft guidelines for the Bill that ensures healthy and supportive workplaces for all professionals in Kerala. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 10 Mysterious Photos That Cannot Be Explained True Edition Undo At the end of this exercise, the final guidelines will be presented to senior Congress leadership, along with a commitment to introduce this legislation when a Congress-led govt comes to power in 2026. "This is an issue that affects millions of working professionals in Kerala alone, and many more across the country. Kerala will be the first state in India to enact such a law to ensure safer, healthier workplaces for professionals," said Ranjith Balan, president of the state chapter of Professionals' Congress.
