Bengaluru, June 19 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday announced an increase in the housing quota for minorities in urban areas, raising it from 10% to 15%.

"A lot of flats built by the Housing Department in urban areas have not been occupied. The minorities have shown interest in moving to those flats. Hence, we are increasing their quota in urban housing from 10% to 15%," the DCM said while speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha.

"In some of the urban areas, the poor among the minorities are 20-30%. There was a proposal to increase the quota for the minorities, and the others are not showing keen interest in the Housing Department's flats. There are many empty flats years after construction, hence we have dec...