Bare Act

The Karnataka Reservation of Appointments of Posts (In the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000

This law reserves twenty-five percent of direct recruitment vacancies in Karnataka's civil services for candidates who studied in rural schools. It applies to vacancies across all categories including General Merit, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, with specified modifications for creamy layer applications. The Act addresses educational disadvantages faced by rural students compared to urban counterparts and aims to ensure adequate representation of rural candidates in government services by implementing this reservation policy.

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