The over-three-decade wrestle for inside reservation among the many 101 scheduled castes in Karnataka reached a vital level on August 4 with the one -man fee headed by retired choose H.N. Nagmohan Das submitting its 1,766-page report with six suggestions. The fee thought-about social and academic backwardness together with enough illustration in public employment earlier than arriving at a matrix for quota inside the 17% reservation for SCs in public schooling and employment.
A delegation from the fee, led by Mr. Das, met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and handed over the report within the presence of Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa, House Minister G. Parameshwar, Kannada and Tradition Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi, IT & BT Minister Priyank Kharge and Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur.
In line with a supply within the authorities, “The report will likely be positioned within the subsequent Cupboard assembly and a choice on its future course will likely be taken. It’s seemingly that the report could possibly be positioned earlier than the State Legislature through the ensuing monsoon session commencing on August 11.”
Whereas the federal government is but to debate the report, the Dalit left (Madigas) group, who’ve been demanding inside reservation, have grow to be restive threatening protest from August 11 for its implementation. The State Authorities has stopped recruitment awaiting the suggestions, inflicting nervousness amongst job aspirants.
The federal government had tasked the fee to suggest inside reservation slicing up the 17% quota amongst Dalit proper (Holeyas), Dalit left (Madigas), Korma, Korcha, Lambani, Bhovi and over 40 nomadic castes primarily based on the August 1, 2024 ruling of the Supreme Court docket that cleared the deck for inside reservation upholding its constitutional validity underneath Article 14.
Challenges for conduct of survey
Although the federal government requested Mr. Das — in January 2025 — to suggest inside reservation, the retired choose, in his interim report in March 2025, really helpful a state-wide survey to gather information scientifically, as mandated by the court docket, following which the survey had been carried out.
The fee, after conducting a house-to home survey throughout Karnataka between Could 5 and July 6, recognized 1.07 crore individuals from 27.24 lakh households hailing from the SC neighborhood. About 93% of the projected SC inhabitants of about 1.16 crore in Karnataka has been coated. The survey lagged in BBMP jurisdiction touching about 54% after a number of extensions.
Inside reservation has been a requirement from Dalit left teams, which have accused Dalit proper teams of cornering the advantages of reservation. A number of castes inside the broader SC neighborhood have additionally not been beneficiaries of reservation with no illustration in public employment nor political illustration, and poor or no advantages in instructional avenues apart from going through social discrimination.
Revealed – August 04, 2025 03:15 pm IST
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