Question : Harassment on Basis of Casteism

complaints for harassment on the basis of casteism in various Department of the Ministry;
(b) the details of the mechanism adopted for redressal of grievance/ complaints representations
of SC and ST Employees;
(c) the number of complaints received and disposed of during the last four years, departmentwise;
and
(d) the details of the steps taken/being taken in the Ministry to their speedy disposal and also
time taken to dispose these cases and to safeguard the interest of SC/ST employees in the
Ministry?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT

(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (d) The Centrally funded institutions of MHRD are autonomous bodies which are
governed by their own Acts, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations made there under. The Acts
of the respective institutions, stipulate that the institutions shall not discriminate on grounds of
caste, religion. Institutions are competent to take all administrative decisions including to prevent
all kinds of harassment and discrimination against any section of
employees/students. Accordingly, complaints received in this Ministry are forwarded to
concerned Autonomous Bodies /Educational Institutions for appropriate action. UGC informed
that in few cases of complaints, comments/views are sought from the concerned
University/College and on the receipt of the reply the same is forwarded to the applicant for
his/her information. Data on caste-based harassment/discrimination is not centrally maintained.
Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is the
platform based on web technology which primarily aims to enable submission of grievances by
the aggrieved citizens including employee from anywhere and anytime (24x7) basis to
Ministries/Departments/Organisations who scrutinize and take action for speedy and favorable
redress of these grievances. Tracking grievances is also facilitated on this portal through the
system generated unique registration number.
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