Overview

• The Five Tribes Committee's 30-day ultimatum to the Nagaland government to review the job reservation policy expired on May 26, 2025, without a response.
• The committee represents Angami, Ao, Lotha, Rengma, and Sumi tribes, collectively constituting nearly 55% of the Scheduled Tribe population in the state.
• Introduced in 1977 as a temporary measure, the job reservation policy has remained unchanged for 48 years despite calls for periodic reviews.
• The committee is demanding either the scrapping of the current policy or allocation of the remaining unreserved quota exclusively to the five tribes.
• Student bodies representing Backward Tribes oppose the demands, arguing that changes to the policy would harm marginalized communities benefiting from the current system.