Srinagar, June 11 -- The Cabinet Sub-Committee formed to examine the issue of reservations in Jammu and Kashmir has completed its task and finalized the report within the stipulated timeframe of six months.

Education Minister Sakina Masood Itoo, in a post on X, confirmed the development, saying, "The Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted to examine the issue of reservations has drafted its report within the stipulated timeframe of six months. The report will be placed before the Cabinet when it meets."

The reservation controversy in Jammu and Kashmir escalated after the 2023 amendments to the Reservation Act, which granted Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to communities like Paharis, Padaris, Kolis, and Gadda Brahmins. While the move was hailed ...