Overview

• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and key ministers are in Delhi, prompting the shift from July 25 to July 28 for the cabinet session
• The delayed meeting will ratify a 300-page expert report on a Composite Backwardness Index that underpins the proposed 42% quota
• Officials must finalize local body reservations by the Telangana High Court’s July 30 deadline or pursue legal remedies if the governor withholds approval
• State leaders have lobbied central Congress figures to add the reservation legislation to the Ninth Schedule for constitutional protection
• The cabinet is also set to review a gig workers’ welfare bill and expert recommendations on industrial safety after the Sigachi plant explosion