[ZESTCaste] Plea to hike stipend of SC/ST students

 

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Thiruvananthapuram | Posted on Nov 26, 2011 at 10:54am IST
Plea to hike stipend of SC/ST students

indianexpress Express News Service , The New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The leaders of Sidhanar Service Society here on
Friday said that the State Government should increase the stipend and
lumpsum grant of SC/ST students according to the human development
index.

�Addressing a press conference here on Friday to announce the
valediction of the diamond jubilee conference of the society held in
the city, Bhargavi Thankappan, the chief patron of the society, also
urged the State Government to approve the emergency petitions listed
in the memorandum filed before the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

�The emergency petitions included bringing forward a comprehensive
land reform by providing a hectare of cultivation land to landless
families belonging to Scheduled Castes, raising the farmer's pension
to Rs 2,500 and amending the legislation to provide reservation for
SC/ST candidates for jobs in private sector.

� The general secretary of the society A K Thankappan, state secretary
Rajamohan and assistant secretary K M Sivasankaran also attended the
press conference.

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