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Handed promotion orders making Social Justice hostel cleanliness workers cooks.
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Vanni Arasu (VCK) leads the Social Justice department — better food and new hostels for SC/ST students, housing for sanitation workers, tribal development and a planned law against honour killings.
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Handed promotion orders making Social Justice hostel cleanliness workers cooks.
Source: TAHDCO
With Minister Sampathkumar, met the victim and handed ₹6 lakh compensation; the case is under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Source: The New Indian Express
Opened a round-the-clock control centre for students in Social Justice hostels to report food and accommodation problems, with weekly reports to the minister.
Source: India Live
Inspected roads, school facilities and forest-produce marketing in Kaani tribal settlements in Tirunelveli.
Source: BozokMedia
Received a 16-point charter from social-justice activists seeking a climate policy for marginalised communities.
Source: The New Indian Express
An extra ₹200 crore: school hostel students’ monthly food allowance from ₹1,500 to ₹2,000, college students’ from ₹1,400 to ₹1,800; maintenance grants raised and an ‘Aran’ hostel-management body set up.
Source: The New Indian Express
150 Social Justice hostels (₹160 crore), 100 classrooms in Adi Dravidar and tribal schools (₹30 crore) and 100 community halls.
Source: The New Indian Express
2,500 houses under the ‘Agam’ scheme and the ₹50 crore ‘Aetram’ scheme for entrepreneurship in sanitation workers’ families.
Source: The New Indian Express
A Tribal Research Centre at Nandanam, 250 special Anganwadi centres in tribal areas, the ‘Thadam’ tribal culture travel programme, GI tags for SC/ST products and farmer producer organisations.
Source: The New Indian Express
The K.N. Basha committee’s term extended to complete consultations, after which the government will move towards a special law.
Source: News Today
Sworn in during the second phase of the Cabinet and allocated Adi Dravidar Welfare and Hill Tribes, as Minister for Social Justice — VCK’s representative in the Cabinet.
Source: Lok Bhavan release
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