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Tamil Nadu to Rename 2,739 Govt Hostels as 'Social Justice'
The New Indian Express Anantapur
|July 08, 2025
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Monday announced that the 2,739 student hostels run by various departments of the state government will be renamed as 'Samooga Needhi' (Social Justice) hostels by removing the caste and religious identifiers, presently part of their names depending on which departments they come under.
The move is a continuation of various measures being implemented by the present government to eradicate caste and religion-based differences among students, with an aim to build a future society that is egalitarian in nature, he said.
Stalin, in a statement, said the government's decision followed careful consideration of the Justice K Chandru committee's key recommendation that all caste identifiers in government and private schools be removed. The committee was constituted to recommend measures to eradicate caste-based differences among students in educational institutions.
This story is from the July 08, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Anantapur.
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