Over 140 plaints of discrimination against SC, ST in varsities

As many as 102 complaints had been received related to discrimination against Scheduled Castes (SCs) while 40 such complaints had been recieved related to Scheduled Tribes (STs) by the UGC from various universities for the year 2015-16, the government said today.
Of the 102 complaints related to SCs, 81 have been settled while of the 40 related to STs, 33 have been settled, according to UGC data.
This information was provided to the Lok Sabha in a written reply by Minister of State for HRD Mahendra Nath Pandey.
"The UGC has intimated that it has compiled information on cases related to caste discrimination in universities only for the year 2015-16. As per the information provided by UGC, 102 and 40 complaints, respectively on SC and ST, caste discrimination have been received by it from various universities," the minister said.

According to the data, the maximum 19 complaints related to discrimination against SCs have been received from Banaras Hindu University and all of them have been settled.
A maximum of 10 complaints related to discrimination against STs were recieved from Gujarat University and all the 10 have been settled, the minister said.