Mangaluru:
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Friday stated a report on caste census within the state could be tabled within the subsequent assembly of the Cupboard.
The Karnataka Socio-Financial and Training Survey report, generally often called the ‘Karnataka caste census’, was initially scheduled to be introduced within the state cupboard assembly on January 16.
“We did not desk the caste census on this cupboard assembly however we’ll desk it within the subsequent assembly,” he informed reporters right here. Requested what was there within the report, he stated, “I do not know what’s there as a result of it has not been tabled but.” On the Mangaluru financial institution heist, the chief minister stated he has instructed police to search out out the culprits.
Caste census has emerged as a contentious concern, notably among the many state’s dominant communities — the Lingayats and Vokkaligas — who’ve expressed reservations concerning the survey carried out, calling it “unscientific” and have demanded that or not it’s rejected and a contemporary survey be carried out.
The survey was commissioned by the earlier Congress authorities in 2015, with then Backward Courses Fee chairman H Kantharaju heading the committee.
The survey, carried out at a value of roughly Rs 169 crore, was accomplished by 2016 however subsequent governments saved it in chilly storage. In 2020, the BJP authorities appointed Jayaprakash Hegde because the fee chief. Hegde submitted the ultimate report back to the Siddaramaiah authorities on February 29, 2024.
Hegde had stated the report was ready based mostly on information collected by 1.6 lakh officers, together with 1.33 lakh academics, beneath the management of respective deputy commissioners throughout the state.
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