New Delhi: The first caste certificate on mother’s credentials was issued to the child of a single mother named Geeta Devi in Delhi by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday. A year back, she had approached Vishesh Ravi, AAP MLA from Karol Bagh, seeking help in getting an SC certificate for her child,” the Delhi government said in a statement.

Single mothers are the women who are either abandoned by their husband or whose husband has married another woman or whose husband has divorced the woman or has died. They can now get caste certificates made for their children on their name.

Many children of single SC/ST mothers can’t get SC/ST certificates despite growing up in a deprived and vulnerable environment, thus denying them the basic rights of reservation or scholarships.