New Delhi, April 14 -- Telangana on Monday became the first state in the country to implement Scheduled Castes (SC) categorisation. Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said a government order had been issued to this effect.

The order means implementation of the Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Act 2025. The Congress government in the state has issued a gazette notification with April 14, 2025 as the appointed day for sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC) into three groups.

"The following Act of the Telangana Legislature received the assent of the Governor of Telangana on 8, April 2025 and the said assent is hereby first published on the 14th April 2025 in the Telangana Gazette for general informatio...