The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday (April 15) approved the draft ordinance proposal made by the Social Welfare Department to implement sub-categorisation among Scheduled Castes in the state.

Group 2 consists of 18 castes of the Madiga sub-group, and has been classified as `backward’, including the Arundhatiya, Bindala, Chamar, Chambhar… Group 3 comprises 29 castes of the Mala Group ...