Karnataka becomes first State to provide 1% reservation for Transgender persons in Government Employment

Karnataka has become the first state in India to reserve jobs in public employment in favour of transgender persons.
As per the information, the state government has approved 1% horizontal reservation for transgenders in government jobs.
For this the government has amended the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977.
The amendment is made to Rule 9 by inserting Sub Rule (1D) to provide for 1% of vacancies which needs to be filled in any service or post by the state government from among the transgender candidates in each category of general, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and in each of thecategories among the Other Backward Classes.