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New Indian Express
17-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Karnataka's caste survey different from Centre's: CM Siddaramaiah
DAVANGERE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday claimed that his government's upcoming socio-educational and caste survey is different from the Union Government's caste enumeration. Addressing the media in Davanagere, the CM said that he has no objection to the Centre carrying out a caste census. Siddaramaiah said that his government's caste census is driven by the imperative of social justice and will help in creating an equal society. He added that the Centre has not clarified whether its census is a social, economic, and educational survey similar to the Karnataka caste census. 'The Centre is only doing a caste census. We are conducting a comprehensive socio-educational and caste survey,' he reiterated. The CM's remark comes following a gazette notification stating that the national caste census would begin on March 1, 2027, while in certain regions like the Union Territory of Ladakh, snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, it would begin on October 1, 2026. To provide social justice, a social, economic and educational survey should be conducted, the CM said. 'The situation of people should be known to formulate welfare schemes. We are conducting a social, economic and educational survey in order to provide social justice,' the CM added. 'The powerful have opposed it. There is no such thing as the powerful and the weak. It has already been 10 years since the H Kantharaj-led Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission conducted a caste survey. Therefore, according to Section 11 of the Karnataka State Backward Classes Act, if a report is a decade old, a new report must be prepared. Hence, we are conducting a fresh survey,' Siddaramaiah added.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Socio-economic survey with caste details is largely accurate: Jayaprakash Hegde
Chikkamagaluru: Former chairman of the Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission , K Jayaprakash Hegde , claimed that it was not a caste census but a socio-economic and educational survey, which also included caste statistics. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The Congress leader, asserting that the survey is largely accurate, appealed to the opposition parties not to create confusion over the survey. "The Muslim community comes under the minority list when compared with Hindus, which includes Vokkaligas and Lingayats," he said, while addressing a gathering of Sarakarada Nade Karyakartara Kade, a state govt event, in Mudigere on Tuesday. The survey is not a caste census, but the details of the caste were mentioned to obtain empirical data. The Supreme Court directed the collection of empirical data as it is necessary to provide reservation , Hegde, who was a member of BJP before he switched over to Congress, said. Hegde said the state's population would be 18 to 20 crore if the claims of all the communities were taken into consideration. As per the 2015 census, the population was approximately 6.35 crore, and the survey recorded the details of 5.95 crore individuals. Nearly five crore people come under Hindus, and the remaining population are Muslims, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, and thus minorities, he explained. He denied that castes were divided and claimed that all the sub-castes were brought together and figures were in order. Teachers and officials, under the leadership of respective deputy commissioners, conducted the survey. The data was computerised and stored safely by Bharat Electronics. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Based on the data, he and his team prepared a report and submitted it, he said. According to Hegde, when Kantharaj was chairman of the commission, the govt brought in an amendment to a law to conduct the survey. He also denied the allegation that the member secretary did not sign the survey report and said the official did not sign the interim report.
