Telangana raises quota for Muslims, scheduled tribes: All you need to know

Total quota in the state has gone up to 62% from 50%, which is the cap by Supreme Court

Taking the total quota in government jobs and educational institutions much beyond the 50 per cent limit set by the Supreme Court, the Telangana legislature on Sunday unanimously passed a bill to hike the reservation quota for backward Muslims and the scheduled tribes to 12 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively. 

Barring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which opposed the bill both inside and outside the legislature, the entire Opposition supported the Backward Class, scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes Reservation Bill, 2017. Five BJP members of legislative assembly (MLAs) were also suspended for the day, for calling the