Since the launch of the scheme, Karnataka has seen the sanctioning of 16,846 loan accounts, amounting to Rs 3,750.4 crore.

Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi said this after he and other ST lawmakers met senior Congress lawmaker K N Rajanna, who was sacked from the Cabinet.

Bengaluru: A section of Karnataka's Scheduled Tribe community is now demanding internal reservation for their micro castes, pointing out that the Supreme Court's Aug 2024 ruling allowed states to ...

The Karnataka caste survey has stirred political controversy even before its full rollout. Sparked by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's remarks on religious conversions, the issue has intensified with ...

Reaffirming its commitment to inclusive education and global academic outreach, the Kalaburagi Regional Centre of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), in collaboration with the Department of ...

BENGALURU: Where will the money come from? The state government is all set to initiate the recruitment process to fill about 2.76 lakh vacancies in 40 departments as part of implementing internal ...

The longstanding debate over the state’s ST reservation policy was reignited after chief minister Siddaramaiah said that the overall quota for Scheduled Tribes (STs) must be expanded to accomodate all ...

Bengaluru: The govt has scheduled a key meeting to examine the inclusion of the Kuruba community — the shepherd caste — of Bidar, Kalaburagi, and Yadgir districts in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday that the reservation percentage for Scheduled Tribes should be at least doubled from the present 7% to include the Kuruba community in the ST list in ...

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday that the Scheduled Tribes quota has to be at least doubled if the Kuruba community has to be included in the ST category. The ST ...