TG Assembly Passes SC Categorisation Bill

Hyderabad: The Telangana Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Bill, 2025 to implement the categorisation of SCs. Presenting the bill, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said his government constituted a cabinet sub-committee after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of SC categorisation last year.

The government had also appointed a one-man judicial commission to make recommendations for the implementation of SC categorisation and later accepted its report. The commission divided 59 SC castes in the state into three groups to ensure equitable distribution of the 15 per cent reservation available for the SCs. According to Reddy, group 1 comprising 15 socially, economically and educationally disadvantaged SC communities, are given one per cent reservation. Group 2, including 18 moderately benefited SC communities, are provided nine per cent quota. Group 3 comprising 26 significantly benefited SC communities, are given five per cent reservation. Referring to the demand for increasing reservation of SCs to 18 per cent from 15 per cent, he said his government would enhance the quota on population basis after the 2026 census is conducted.