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The Odisha government has prohibited the use of the term 'harijan' in all public institutions, educational establishments, and government communications, directing that only the constitutional term 'Scheduled Caste' be used henceforth.
The move follows a recent order of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) and earlier advisories from the Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
In a letter issued on August 12 by the ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department, all Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, and Commissioner-cum-Secretaries have been instructed to ensure the immediat...