Hyderabad, April 14 -- The Telangana government on Monday issued a notification, officially enforcing Scheduled Caste (SC) sub-categorization for all future recruitment and education-related decisions, following a detailed legal and administrative process.

The Act comes into force on April 14, making Telangana the first state in the country to implement SC sub-categorisation after the Supreme Court's green signal.

Telangana Minister for Irrigation, Food & Civil Supplies Uttam Kumar Reddy, who also heads the cabinet subcommittee on the matter, said the policy aims to equitable distribute reservation benefits among SC subcastes.

"SCs in Telangana have a 15% reservation, there always has been a feeling that some of the SC sub-castes are g...