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Chhattisgarh cabinet set to expand, council of 14 on cards
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|August 20, 2025
New Delhi: Nearly one-third of India's prison undertrial population comprises Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) inmates, according to data tabled in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. As of 31 December 2022, out of 4.34 lakh undertrials across the country, 90,951 (20.94 per cent) were SCs and 40,221 (9.26 per cent) were STs, Minister of Home for State Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said in Lok Sabha in a written response. UP reported the highest number of SC undertrials at 24,693 (26.23 per cent), followed by Bihar with 11,826 (20.55 per cent) and Punjab with 8,306 (34.33 per cent) and others. Among ST undertrials, Madhya Pradesh led with 5,706 (21.23 per cent), Uttar Pradesh with 5,209 (5.53 per cent), Chhattisgarh with 4,044 (31.54 per cent), and Jharkhand with 4,056 (27.43 per cent).
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Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai is poised to expand his cabinet, with three new ministers likely to take the oath at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday, raising the council's strength to 14.
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of The Statesman Bhubaneswar.
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