Reservations Can Take The Disadvantaged To Parliament, But Not In Key Positions Lawmakers from the Scheduled Castes and Tribes are confined mostly to the lower house's social justice committee, in which they have had more than 50% representation since 2009. Just eight of 27 Parliamentary committees meet or surpass the 25.4% representation of SC/ST members of parliament in the current Lok Sabha, our analysis shows https://www.indiaspend.com/governance/reservation-scheduled-castes-tribes-representation-social-justice-755256