India, Aug. 8 -- The Karnataka Cabinet has received the Justice HN Nagmohan Das Commission report proposing internal reservation within the Scheduled Caste (SC) quota. The comprehensive 1,766-page report, submitted to chief minister Siddaramaiah on August 4, was formally presented before the Cabinet on Thursday.

A special Cabinet meeting has been scheduled for August 16 to study the recommendations and take a decision.

The commission was constituted in November last year to assess social and educational backwardness within the Scheduled Caste population and suggest equitable sub-reservation under the existing 17% quota allocated to SC communities. The proposal aims to address long-standing demands from various sub-castes within the SC u...