Telangana Tribal Federation welcomes separate SC, ST Commissions

Hyderabad, Nov 6 (UNI) The Telangana Tribal Federation (Telangana Girijana Samakhya) has welcomed the State government's decision to repeal the 2003 Telangana SC/ST Commission Act and introduce a new 2026 Act providing for separate commissions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, describing it as a historic step towards protecting the rights of tribal communities. In a statement, Federation State General Secretary Ramavath Anjaiah Naik congratulated Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and the State government for accepting the long-pending demand of tribal organisations. He said that despite separate national-level commissions for SCs and STs under Articles 338 and 338A of the…