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The two-day national conference of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Parliamentary Committee, which began yesterday in Bhubaneswar, concluded with a valedictory session on Saturday.

On the second day, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed the gathering, stating that the Bhubaneswar Agenda-2025 has been prepared for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. He emphasized that by 2047, the dream of Babasaheb Ambedkar must be realized.

Birla said that all government welfare schemes must effectively reach SC/ST communities. He described the Parliamentary Committee as a 'mini Parliament' that studies and r...