Monday, February 1, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Lives of Dalits have improved: Minister

http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/01/stories/2010020157200300.htm

Kerala - Thrissur

Lives of Dalits have improved: Minister

Staff Reporter

Dr. Ambedkar National Awards presented


AUSPICIOUS START: Union Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas
inaugurating a meeting held in Thrissur on Sunday to present the Dr.
Ambedkar National Awards.

Thrissur: Union Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas has said
that Dalits are increasingly enjoying their rightful share of power in
society. He was addressing a meeting here on Sunday to present the Dr.
Ambedkar National Awards, instituted by the All-India Confederation of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Organisations.

"The lives of Dalits have improved considerably. Still, a lot more
remains to be done for the empowerment of Dalits," he said.

K.V. Babu, preventive officer with the Excise Department; Anil
Pottakattu, president of the Workers' Cooperative Bank, Nadathara;
Nandanan Kannattuparambil, agricultural assistant, Erumapetty; and A.
Narayanankutty, vice-president of Thrikkur Grama Panchayat; received
the awards.

P.C. Chacko, MP; Therambil Ramakrishnan, MLA; T.V. Chandramohan and
M.K. Paulson, former MLAs; were present.

Earlier, Punnala Sreekumar, State general secretary of the Kerala
Pulayar Maha Sabha, inaugurated a seminar on 'Ambedkarism and
Ranganath Misra Commission report'.


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