Dalits Media Watch
News Updates 15.08.12
Stop discrimination: Dalits - Deccan Herald
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/271664/stop-discrimination-dalits.html
Modi for reservation of SC/ST in promotion - IBN Live
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/modi-for-reservation-of-scst-in-promotion/1043126.html
Free uniforms for ST/SC students - The Times Of India
Tamil Nadu shocker! Dalits lead isolated lives in enclosed fence - Rediff. com
Deccan Herald
Stop discrimination: Dalits
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/271664/stop-discrimination-dalits.html
Mysore, Aug 14, 2012, DHNS :
Activists under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Dalitha Sangharsha Samithi staged a protest alleging that even though country was celebrating its 66th Independence Day, Dalits continue to face discrimination.
Observing that the government was imposing laws to hinder progress of Dalits, they demanded that discrimination should be stopped.
Shouting slogans near the deputy commissioner's office here on Monday, the protestors said the state government should immediately waive off loans taken by Dalits from the Ambedkar Development Corporation.
They said even though government waives off loans for farmers, it is yet to provide relief to Dalits.
They demanded increase in stipend for students owing to soaring inflation. Also, seats should be given to all Dalits students, who apply for colleges.
The protestors said 1,500 Dalits were appointed as engineers during the tenure of former chief minister Dharam Singh. But, the high court had annulled the move. The state government should file a review petition and reinstate the engineers, they demanded.
The protestors said at a time when Dalits were becoming literate and gaining employment in various sectors, the government is closing state sponsored-schools.
They said it is ploy to deprive Dalits of education. Government should immediately refrain from closing the schools, they said.
District convenors Shivanna Alagodu, Rajashekar Kote, Devanahalli Somashekar, Belavatha Ramachandra and others were present.
IBN Live
Modi for reservation of SC/ST in promotion
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/modi-for-reservation-of-scst-in-promotion/1043126.html
PTI | 05:08 PM,Aug 14,2012
Patna, Aug 14 (PTI) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today said SC and ST officials should be given reservation in promotion while in government service. Talking to reporters, Modi said SC/ST officials working in government services should have reservation facilities in promotion during their service period as it would serve to protect their interests. "The reservation to them in promotion should be given within the purview of the Constitution," he said in reply to a question. Modi said the erstwhile NDA government had brought the 85th Constitution Amendment Bill for the purpose and even the judiciary too has declared valid reservation in promotion within the ambit of Constitution. "I expect that the all-party meeting in New Delhi on August 22 will also support it and the BJP should stick to its stand on the issue," he said. Modi said if the Constitution Amendment Bill is passed, Bihar will implement it for protecting the interests of SC and ST communities.
The Times Of India
Free uniforms for ST/SC students
TNN | Aug 15, 2012, 02.13AM IST
BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced to extend free uniforms scheme to all Scheduled Tribe ( ST) and Scheduled Caste ( SC) students of class IX and X studying in schools run by ST/SC development department.The Odisha Primary Education Authority ( OPEPA) is already distributing free uniforms to all girl students besides boys belonging to SC/ST and below poverty line (BPL) categories up to Class VIII. The cost of uniforms for Class IX and X will be given from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, a government release said.
The government hopes that the latest decision, benefitting around 42,000 students, will help increase school attendance and reduce dropouts. The latest sops for students community comes around two weeks after the government on July 31 announced to extend free bicycles scheme to all BPL Class X students in the state, which would benefit about 1.6 lakh students.
Earlier, the government was giving the benefit to girl students of Class X besides SC/ST students of scheduled areas, raising total number of beneficiaries of free cycles to 4.5 lakh students.
Rediff. com
Tamil Nadu shocker! Dalits lead isolated lives in enclosed fence
A Hindu caste group has built a fence around a Dalit colony to prevent them from venturing onto their fields and using sanitation facilities. The reason: The SC community protested against their employers six years ago. Ganesh Nadar brings attention to the plight of 50 families from Velayuthapuram in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district
The road to Velayuthapuram is winding and in a very bad shape. The coastal village is far from the highway and few buses ply on this route.
Ponds that dot the road leading to Velayuthapuram are dry; the landscape is rocky. Clearly, there is little scope for agriculture. Borewells are deep and yet unyielding.
This village in the Kayathar Union of Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district has over 1,000 houses -- most of them belong to the Rettiars, a class above the Dalits, and over 50 houses belong to the Scheduled Castes.
What comes as a shocker is that these 50 houses are enclosed in a barbed fence that separates it from other parts of Velayuthapuram. Cut off from the rest of the village, those in this colony lead isolated lives.
There is no road that connects to this part of the village and the situation has been the same for the last 30 years. The other part of Velayuthapuram has concrete roads.
The affluent Rettiars, who own all the agricultural land in Velayuthapuram, do not employ the Scheduled Castes. So they have to travel to other villages to find work. Most of them have found jobs in matchbox factories in Kovilpatti, which is 22 km away.
Even, the Rettiars employ labourers from neighbouring villages.
Even basic facilities like sanitation are not provided to them -- all they have is a public toilet with no water in it. While this toilet is reserved for ladies even the men use it, as they dare not venture on to land belonging to the Retttiars.
There is a freshly painted tank with no water in it. The Dalits get water only two days a week.
--
.Arun Khote
On behalf of
Dalits Media Watch Team
(An initiative of "Peoples Media Advocacy & Resource Centre-PMARC")
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Peoples Media Advocacy & Resource Centre- PMARC has been initiated with the support from group of senior journalists, social activists, academics and intellectuals from Dalit and civil society to advocate and facilitate Dalits issues in the mainstream media. To create proper & adequate space with the Dalit perspective in the mainstream media national/ International on Dalit issues is primary objective of the PMARC.
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