Tag: Social Welfare Department (SWD)

No state-run barbershops despite announcement of proposal

Prajwal Gopinath Jayaraj26

Despite announcing a proposal to build state-run barbershops, the Karnataka social welfare department has not seemed to make progress in taking the proposal forward. The Karnataka Social Welfare Ministry had proposed the construction of state-run barber shops in rural areas of Karnataka in 2021 in order to combat caste discrimination. However according to the officials […]

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Families of atrocity victims await jobs in vain

Mrunmayee Kulkarni1044

The government is offering employment to families of atrocity victims, but tying them down with red-tape. More than a hundred applicants from families of victims of atrocities that come under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) are still waiting for employment on compassionate grounds in the Karnataka government. Social Welfare Department’s (SWD) data states that […]

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