Hyderabad, April 13 -- Telangana is all set to implement the SC Categorisation Act from April 14, said the irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy.

Chairing the final meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on SC Categorisation at the Secretariat on Sunday, April 13, Uttam Kumar Reddy and other officials thoroughly reviewed the implementation guidelines based on the recommendations of the Justice Shamim Akhtar Commission and gave its final approval for issuing the government order (GO).

With the Act set to come into force on April 14, Telangana will become the first state in the country to implement SC sub-categorisation following the Supreme Court's green signal. The landmark decision was unanimously passed by the Telan...