India has begun issuing blockchain “caste certificates” to up to 65,000 tribal members in a remote region in an attempt to stop fraudulent claims on government benefits for the disadvantaged. The ...

Kolhapur:Former MLAs Sujit Minchekar and Rajiv Awale led a massive protest march, organised by the Scheduled Caste ...

The Government of Maharashtra, one of India's state governments, has started issuing caste certificates over the Polygon MATIC/USD blockchain to citizens residing in Etapalli village, Gadchiroli ...

KAKINAEA: Based on their father’s caste, Community certificates will be given to their children, clarified S Mallibabu, Kakinada RDO. He spoke to the media after a mother and son staged a protest in ...

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court imposed a ₹5 lakh penalty on Ashish Savant, sarpanch of a Nandgaon village in Raigad, for having a fraudulent caste certificate, which came to light after a complaint ...

The court set aside orders cancelling a Special Backward Category (SBC) caste certificate issued to an abandoned child who was later legally adopted. The child was abandoned at birth and subsequently ...

India’s top court has denied a Hindu caste certificate to the daughter of a Catholic woman with a Hindu husband to avail benefits from the nation’s affirmation policy that includes job quotas. The ...

MUMBAI: The tribal development department has detected large-scale misuse of caste certificates in admissions to professional courses for the academic year 2025-26. Using its newly launched online ...