Special Cabinet Meeting on Internal Quota for SCs in Karnataka

• The State Cabinet received the H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission’s report on internal reservation for 101 Scheduled Castes in Karnataka.

• The report, spanning 1,766 pages, made six recommendations.

• The commission considered social and educational backwardness and adequate representation in public employment.

• The report recommended quotas within the 17% reservation for SCs in public education and employment.

• The report also recommended 6% reservation for the Dalit left, 5% for the Dalit right, 1% for over 40 nomadic tribes, and 1% for Adi Karnataka, Adi Dravida, and Adi Andhra communities.