Hyderabad, March 18 -- The Telangana Assembly passed the Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Bill, 2025, during the special Assembly session held on Tuesday, March 18.

Telangana health minister Damodar Raja Narasimha said that the categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC) was being carried out based on social backwardness and preferential treatment for SC communities that have remained disadvantaged for decades.

Speaking during the discussion on the Bill, he said that categorisation was not the ultimate solution but an instrument for the betterment of disadvantaged SC communities. "It needs financial assistance, education and skill development, house sites, and industrial policies in favour of SCs to eliminate soc...