Overview
- Chief minister Siddaramaiah reviewed implementation and told officials to ensure fairness in the roster and hear all grievances.
- The Karnataka Scheduled Castes (Sub-classification) Bill, 2025 is prepared for introduction in the Winter Session to implement internal quotas across 101 castes.
- The legislation is drafted to fix roster points and cover backlog vacancies across vertical and horizontal reservations in state services and bodies.
- The cabinet’s August framework apportions 6% each to SC Left and SC Right and 5% to Lambani, Bhovi, Korama and Koracha communities, with nomadic groups folded into the last category.
- The government dropped the ordinance option, recruitment notifications have begun with a one-term age relaxation, certificate replacement for about 44 lakh people is lagging, and a High Court petition challenging the matrix is listed for November 5.