Bengaluru, June 20 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday defended the decision by his government to increase reservation quota by 10-15 per cent in various housing schemes, saying that the decision was in line with the central government's guidelines based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's program for the welfare of minorities.
He said the program directs all implementing agencies to earmark "15 per cent of physical and financial targets for minorities wherever possible."
"The Cabinet has approved a decision to enhance the earmarking for minority beneficiaries, including Christians, Jains, Muslims, etc, under state-run housing schemes in a calibrated manner, in line with the Union Government's own guidelines. This is based ...
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