Raise the reservation ceiling to 75% (SC/ST hike, minority and community quotas, 9th Schedule)

The manifesto committed to raising the overall reservation ceiling from 50 to 75 percent - including increasing SC reservation from 15 to 17 percent and ST from 3 to 7 percent, restoring a 4 percent minority reservation, enhancing reservation for Lingayat, Vokkaliga and other communities, and pursuing inclusion in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution. These are contested, partly litigated matters: an SC/ST quota enhancement was legislated, but operation beyond the 50 percent ceiling depends on 9th Schedule protection from the Union government, which has not been granted, so current implementation remains within the cap; the minority-quota and community-categorisation questions are subject to litigation and political dispute. Given the contested, sensitive nature and the absence of qualifying approved sourcing, ManifestoWatch assigns no verdict. Status pending, unscored.