Bengaluru, March 5 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said there is a demand to provide a separate one per cent quota for nomadic communities within the Scheduled Caste internal reservation framework. The issue is set to be discussed in the state Cabinet meeting later in the day.
Speaking in Bengaluru, Parameshwara said the government has already agreed in principle to provide internal reservation for Scheduled Castes but certain issues have emerged regarding how the quota should be distributed among different communities.
"A decision was previously made to provide 17 per cent internal reservation for the SC community. However, there is now a demand to provide a separate one per cent for nomadic communities (Alemaris),"...