Mala is a Telugu caste from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are also present in smaller numbers in the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra. They are classified as a Scheduled Caste (SC) by the Government of India. According to 2001 census data,Malas constituted 41.6 percent of the Scheduled Castes population in the then state of Andhra Pradesh,which also included the present state of Telangana.
Arjun Singh was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress,who served twice as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the 1980s. He also served twice as the Union Minister of Human Resource Development,in the Manmohan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao ministries.
The Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify communities that are "educationally or socially backward". It is one of several official classifications of the population of India,along with general castes,Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The OBCs were found to comprise 52% of the country's population by the Mandal Commission report of 1980 and were determined to be 41% in 2006 when the National Sample Survey Organisation took place. There is substantial debate over the exact number of OBCs in India;it is generally estimated to be sizable,but many believe that it is higher than the figures quoted by either the Mandal Commission or the National Sample Survey.
The Mandal Commission or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission (SEBC),was established in India in 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to "identify the socially or educationally backward classes" of India. It was headed by B. P. Mandal,an Indian member of parliament,to consider the question of reservations for people to address caste discrimination,and to use eleven social,economic,and educational indicators to determine backwardness. In 1980,based on its rationale that OBCs identified on the basis of caste,social,economic indicators made up 52% of India's population,the commission's report recommended that members of Other Backward Classes (OBC) be granted reservations to 27% of jobs under the central government and public sector undertakings and seats in the higher education institutions,thus making the total number of reservations for SC,ST and OBC to 49.5%.
Madiga is a Telugu caste from southern India. They mainly live in the states of Andhra Pradesh,Telangana and Karnataka,with a small minority in Tamil Nadu. Madigas are historically associated with the work of tannery,leatherwork and small handicrafts. Today,most are agricultural labourers. They are categorized as a Scheduled Caste by the Government of India. Within the Madiga community,there are various sub-castes include Bindla,Chindu,Dakkali,Mashti,Sangaris and the priestly class is known as Madiga Dasu.
Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India created during the British rule. Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution,it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to set a percentage of reserved quotas or seats,in higher education admissions,employment,political bodies,etc.,for "socially and economically backward citizens".
The 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests were a series of protests that took place in India in 2006 in opposition to the decision of the Union Government of India,led by the Indian National Congress-headed multiparty coalition United Progressive Alliance,to implement reservations for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in central and private institutes of higher education. These protests were one of the two major protests against the Indian reservation system,the other one being the 1990 anti-Mandal protests.
Panchayati raj is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities.
Cherukupalli Mandal is one of the fifty seven mandals in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Repalle revenue division of the district. The village of Cherukupalli is the administrative seat of the mandal.
Taduri Bala Goud was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress. He was 2 time Member of parliament (MP),represented the Nizamabad constituency in Lok Sabha.
Tulla Devender Goud is an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party. He founded the Nava Telangana Praja Party (NTP) to fight for separate statehood for the Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh,but later returned to his parent outfit.
Bokka Sri Atchuthananda Swamy,well known as B.S.A. Swamy,was an Indian judge and social justice activist who spent his life striving for the upliftment of downtrodden sections of Andhra Pradesh people,particularly Backward Classes,Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes through social justice and reservations in politics,judiciary,jobs and education.
The National Commission for Backward Classes is an Indian constitutional body under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,Government of India established through Constitution Act,2018 this amendment act in the constitution to make it a constitutional body under Article 338B of the Indian Constitution. It was constituted pursuant to the provisions of the National Commission for Backward Classes Act,1993.
The Golla are a Telugu-speaking pastoral community primarily living in the states of Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra and Telangana with smaller numbers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. They are related to other pastoral-herding castes like Gulla,Gullar,Gollewar,Gavli and Dhangar and are a part of the larger Yadav community. They are classified as a Other Backward Caste.
The Fee Reimbursement Scheme is a student education sponsorship programme of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. It supports students from lower economic strata in the state.
Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society is an educational institution,which organizes about 1,000 Social Welfare Residential Schools in Telangana state by the Government of Telangana,India.
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in India is a subcategory of people having an annual family income less than ₹8 lakh (US$9,600) and who do not belong to any category such as SC/ST/OBC across India,nor to MBC in Tamil Nadu. A candidate who does not fall under SC/ST/OBC and fulfils the EWS economic criteria are to be part of the EWS category. However,OBCs described in the State list but not in the Central list are also eligible for the EWS.
Gellu Srinivas Yadav is an Indian Politician from Bharat Rashtra Samithi. He is currently the state president of the student wing of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
The Department of Backward Classes,Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.
