Guwahati, April 14 -- The Telangana Government has officially implemented the Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Act 2025 on Monday, marking as the first state in India to operationalize the sub-categorization of Scheduled Castes (SCs).

The cabinet sub-committee of the state headed by Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and co-chaired by Health Minister C. Damodar Rajanarsimha presented the first copy of the gazette notification with April 14, 2025, as the appointed day for categorization of Scheduled Castes (SC) into three groups, to the Chief Minister of the state A. Revanth Reddy, on Monday.

The development follows the Supreme Court's significant ruling on August 1, 2024, which upheld the constitutional...