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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Grant for 200 more schools having 50% SC students

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Grant-for-200-more-schools-having-50--SC-students/664105

Grant for 200 more schools having 50% SC students

In pursuance of its Dalit agenda, the Uttar Pradesh government has
undertaken an exercise to select 200 private management-run primary
schools with an enrollment of 50 per cent SC students for giving each
of them annual financial assistance of Rs 6 lakh.

The financial assistance will be considered for those schools that are
recognised and exist for over a decade, said officials.

Sources in the government said 578 schools in the state fulfilling the
condition of 50 per cent enrollment of SC students are already given
grants by the Social Welfare Department depending.

"The state government spends about Rs 40 crore annually on schools
which are required to enrol 50 per cent SC students," an official
said.

Earlier, in 2006, Mulayam government had decided not to give such
grants to any more schools.

To select schools for this new scheme, the state government has asked
district magistrates to complete the formalities at the earliest. A
three-member committee, headed by the district magistrate, and
including the district basic education officer and the social welfare
officer, will advertise the scheme in every district and invite
proposals within a month.

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"Besides having permanent recognition for past 10 years, the selected
school must possess own land and building. It must have at least five
teachers and 200 students. The teachers must have been be appointed as
per the existing reservation system. The society running the school
must be registered," said an official.

The government has also undertaken an exercise to verify the status of
578 non-government schools already receiving government grant. Sources
said the feedback the government has received about these schools is
not very good.

"In a recent inspection of 12 such schools in Lucknow district, it was
found that none of them fulfilled the preconditions stipulated by the
state government for getting grants. It is possible there are many
such schools in other parts of the state," said an official.

Principal Secretary (Social Welfare) Balwinder Kumar said these 578
schools are under watch. "I have asked the Director of Social Welfare
to get these schools inspected," he said.

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[ZESTCaste] Nepal: First Dalit Sagarmatha expedition campaign ends

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First Dalit Sagarmatha expedition campaign ends

Added At: 2010-08-24 10:41 AM
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KATHMANDU: Preparations for the first Dalit Sagarmatha Expedition
campaign have been completed.

The expedition is led by Climbers Club Nepal and is being organised to
mark the Visit Nepal Year 2011.

The Club President Dagombu Sherpa had successful organised the
inclusive women Sagarmatha expedition in 2008.

Youths from the Dalit community with sports background and physically
and mentally strong have been targeted and training on mountaineering
shall be organised for them, the Club has said.

The entire campaign is expected to cost around Rs. 30 million.

Speaking at a program organised to shed light on the campaign here on
Monday, Chairperson of National Dalit Commission, Bijul Kumar
Biswakarma, CA member Santoshi Biswakarma and Vice-Chair of the
National Committee for the upliftment of the Depressed, the Oppressed
and the Dalit Community, DB Pariyar were of the view that the
expedition campaign to the world's highest mountain would give a very
positive message to draw the attention of the world towards the plight
of the Dalits in Nepal, and called for cooperation of all sides
concerning in making the campaign a success.

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[ZESTCaste] Neutral agency to study atrocities against Dalits

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Neutral-agency-to-study-atrocities-against-Dalits/Article1-590928.aspx

Neutral agency to study atrocities against Dalits
HT Correspondent

Mumbai, August 24, 2010First Published: 01:05 IST(24/8/2010)

Following the Dalit ministers' demand that atrocities against their
community be averted, the state government on Monday decided to
appoint a neutral agency to recommend measures to check the social
evil. In the Cabinet meeting on August 4, Ministers Nitin Raut, Varsha
Gaikwad and Ramesh Bagwe (from Congress) and Laxman Dhoble (from the
NCP) raised Khairlanji mass murder case. They had demanded the issue
be discussed in the Cabinet as the Dalits wanted to know whether the
state was serious about their concerns.

Chief Minister Ashok Chavan turned down the demand but had held a
separate meeting on the issue immediately after the Cabinet meeting.
The high court has reduced the death sentences of the six convicts to
life.

The ministers alleged that the accused got a relief because they were
not tried under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

Following the court's verdict, the Dalit community demanded the state
to challenge it in the Supreme Court. Taking note of this, Chavan
asked the officials to present the state's side to the Central Bureau
of Investigations that has probed the case.

"We will also verify if it is possible for the government to plead its
case in the Supreme Court," Chavan said.

On Monday, the CM discussed the case with Dairy Development Minister
Nitin Raut, who had led the protesting ministers, Republic Party of
India's Ramdas Athwale, advocate general, Ravi Kadam, senior
bureaucrats from home, law and judiciary, social welfare department
and CBI officers.

The state is likely to appoint the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
to study atrocities against the Dalits, said a government source. He
said a high-power committee would also be appointed to supervise the
social issue. "A nodal officer will also be appointed."

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[ZESTCaste] State consults legal experts for taking Khairlanji case to Supreme Court

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_state-consults-legal-experts-for-taking-khairlanji-case-to-supreme-court_1427819

State consults legal experts for taking Khairlanji case to Supreme Court

Published: Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010, 0:52 IST
By Shubhangi Khapre | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

The state government is consulting legal experts to find out if its
appeal in the Supreme Court in the Khairlanji case can ensure capital
punishment to the six accused, who had perpetrated the heinous crime.
Chief minister Ashok Chavan on Monday held a meeting with Dalit
leaders to reiterate the state's unhappiness over the high court's
decision to award the six accused life sentence instead of capital
punishment.

The state's decision to intervene comes in the backdrop of mounting
pressure from social groups, who are questioning the role of the
Democratic Front government in the Khairlanji case.

The case, which was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI), saw the lower court awarding death sentence to the six accused.
But, the high court converted the capital punishment into life
sentence.

The lone survivor of the Khairlanji killings, Bhaiyalal Bhotmange, had
decided to fight the battle single-handed and go in appeal to the
Supreme Court. Dalit leaders including ministers from across the state
had rallied around him and decided to seek support from the state
government.

Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) president Prakash Ambedkar said, "The
fact that the high court converted the capital punishment to life
sentence highlights the shoddy work done by the state government and
the CBI. Concrete evidences were deliberately withheld, or not placed
before the court." Dalit leaders had questioned as to why the accused
were not booked under the atrocities act and charged with intent to
rape even after evidence of the brutal killing of Bhotmange's daughter
and wife was found.

At the meeting, Chavan also expressed concern over rising incidents of
attack against Dalits and other backward castes across the state. The
chief minister indicated that an autonomous body on the lines of the
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) should be set-up to study and
ascertain the reasons behind such incidents.

Minister for dairy development Nitin Raut said, "We have to take
concrete steps to ensure Khairlanji never happens again. The attack on
Dalits can't go unreported."

According to Congress spokesperson Hussain Dalwai, often the Dalits
become soft target because of caste prejudices and patronage from
police department.

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[ZESTCaste] Take measures to avoid Khairlanji-like incidents in future: Ashok Chavan

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Take measures to avoid Khairlanji-like incidents in future: Ashok Chavan

Published: Monday, Aug 23, 2010, 21:21 IST
Place: Mumbai | Agency: PTI

Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan today said that an independent
institution like Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) should be
asked to study the root cause of social tensions and suggest remedies
to avoid incidents like dalit killings in Khairlanji in future.

Chavan had convened a meeting to discuss the Khairlanji issue and
incidents of injustice meted out to scheduled caste citizens.

He said that the CBI which investigated the case of the murders of
four members of a Dalit family in Khairlanji, has decided to appeal
against the high court judgment of converting the death sentence of
the six accused to 25 years imprisonment, in the Supreme Court.

The chief minister also stressed the need to examine how the state
government can successfully put forth its stand in the apex court.

He felt the need of the hour was to understand the reasons behind
atrocities on dalits and find lasting solutions.