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Bengaluru: Around two months after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah gave his assurances that the Congress-led Karnataka government would accept the report of the caste census done by the State Commission for Backward Classes, as promised in the run up to the assembly polls, he seems to be struggling with opposition from within the party...
The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes, which had submitted the caste-wise socio-economic and educational survey, commonly known as caste census, in 2015, has now decided to get it reviewed by a committee of academics from the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC)...
The socio-economic and educational survey conducted by the Karnataka government captures granular data with 55 questions, including those to determine the number of castes, their composition, reservation status and benefits received, and their social, political and economic standing, among others...
In July last year, a commission headed by Justice K.Bhakthavatsalasubmitted its report on OBC reservations to the Karnataka government, stating that several castes and communities in the state were still socially and politically backward...
The report added that a large number of castes and communities who come under the Category A and B of other Backward Classes are still socially and politically backward...
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