Karnataka govt mulling over 50% SC/ST quota: CM
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the state government is mulling an increase in the reservation quota in education and employment beyond 50% for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. With the SC/ST population accounting for 24.1% of the state's population, the government is also allocating ₹19,542 crore of the ₹85,000-crore budget for the development of these communities, he added.