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The Karnataka Scheduled Castes (Sub-classification) Bill, 2025, that seeks to supply legality to the authorities orders related to sub-classification of the 101 Scheduled Castes with a preservation stock of 17% was tabled successful the Legislative Assembly connected Wednesday.
The one-man committee led by retired Justice H.N. Naga Mohan Das had submitted its study to the authorities connected August 4 this twelvemonth with circumstantial recommendations connected sub-classification of Scheduled Castes among assorted sub-groups of SCs. The authorities approved the recommendations of the committee with immoderate modifications to instrumentality the sub-classification among the SCs for ensuring a just and equitable organisation of preservation benefits, and accordingly sub-categorised 101 Scheduled Castes with a stock of 17% of reservation.
As per the Bill, Category-A, which has 16 castes, and Category-B, with 19 castes, volition get preservation of 6% each, portion Category-C, comprising 63 castes, volition get preservation of 5%. Similarly, the Bill has 3 non-categorised Scheduled Castes – Adi Andhra, Adi Dravida and Adi Karnataka – that are eligible to opt for preservation nether Category-A oregon Category-B, based connected caste certificates.
The Karnataka State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Amendment) Bill, 2025, excessively was tabled successful the Assembly connected Wednesday. The Bill seeks to nominate a idiosyncratic belonging to the ST and a pistillate arsenic the members of the Karnataka State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
It besides seeks to empower the Karnataka State Commission for the SC and ST to marque indispensable modifications successful the preservation percent of sub-classification to the members of SCs connected the receipt of caller information oregon accusation from the government.
The Assembly besides adopted six Bills, including the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and Drugs and Cosmetics (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2025.
