Hyderabad, May 5 -- The Telangana State Cabinet has approved a set of reforms aimed at removing historically offensive caste names from official records and replacing them with more dignified alternatives, acting on the recommendations of the Telangana Backwards Classes Commission.

The decision follows extensive field surveys and consultations with communities that reported facing humiliation due to certain caste labels.

Replaced caste names

According to the revised classifications, the term "Dommara" has been officially replaced with Gadavanshiya, while "Pichchiguntla" has been removed from the Backwards Classes list and substituted with Vamsharaj.

The descriptor "Shudra caste," which had been used for the Tammali community, has been...