Ordinance on hiked quota for SC/ST soon: Karnataka Minister | Bengaluru

Karnataka Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B Sriramulu on Monday stated the State authorities would promulgate an ordinance to extend reservation for SC/ST (schedule caste/schedule tribe). The State Cupboard not too long ago accredited the rise.

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“The ordinance will likely be promulgated in a day or two. The method has began,” Sriramulu informed reporters right here. He stated the hike could be useful from the date the ordinance is promulgated.

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The federal government would advocate to the Centre bringing the hike beneath the ninth Schedule of the Structure.

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With the promulgation, the reservation for SCs could be 17 per cent and for STs 7 per cent as in opposition to 15 per cent and three per cent earlier.

The federal government determined to subject an government order mountaineering the quota.

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Retired Justice H N Nagamohan Das, who headed a fee that really useful the hike, met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai final week, and reportedly suggested the latter to think about promulgating an ordinance as a substitute of the manager order.