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Assam Government To Hold Talks With Protesters Over Scheduled Tribe Report
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government is willing to invite those who are protesting against the report on granting Scheduled Tribe status to six communities to discuss GoM report recommending tribal status for six communities.
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Assam Tea Workers Await Tribal Status As Congress, BJP Fight For Their Vote
Discontent brews among Assam tea plantation workers over demand for tribal status as they have been promised the same by both the Congress and the BJP.
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Assam's Tea Workers Pick The Right Time For a Big Wish
Tea workers are part of the Other Backward Castes or lower caste groups which are entitled to 27% of state jobs and places in colleges. But they say this is a crowded space, leaving them with a negligible share, and want an "upgrade" to Schedule Tribe status.
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Assam's Tea Garden Workers Demand Tribal Status
Thirty six year old Padma Maheli - a tea garden worker in Upper Assam's Bokakhat area - is not literate, but dreams big for her two sons.
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Home Ministry Discusses Proposal to Accord Tribal Status to Six New Communities in Assam
On Friday, just before completing one year since its 2014 verdict, the Modi government restarted peace talks in Assam and discussed a proposal that could completely change the state's politics.
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Assam Government To Hold Talks With Protesters Over Scheduled Tribe Report
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government is willing to invite those who are protesting against the report on granting Scheduled Tribe status to six communities to discuss GoM report recommending tribal status for six communities.
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Assam Tea Workers Await Tribal Status As Congress, BJP Fight For Their Vote
Discontent brews among Assam tea plantation workers over demand for tribal status as they have been promised the same by both the Congress and the BJP.
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Assam's Tea Workers Pick The Right Time For a Big Wish
Tea workers are part of the Other Backward Castes or lower caste groups which are entitled to 27% of state jobs and places in colleges. But they say this is a crowded space, leaving them with a negligible share, and want an "upgrade" to Schedule Tribe status.
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Assam's Tea Garden Workers Demand Tribal Status
Thirty six year old Padma Maheli - a tea garden worker in Upper Assam's Bokakhat area - is not literate, but dreams big for her two sons.
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Home Ministry Discusses Proposal to Accord Tribal Status to Six New Communities in Assam
On Friday, just before completing one year since its 2014 verdict, the Modi government restarted peace talks in Assam and discussed a proposal that could completely change the state's politics.
