Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah advised reporters that he’ll place the caste census report earlier than the state cupboard. (Image: PTI/File)
Delayed a number of occasions, the socioeconomic and schooling survey, described because the caste census, was first commissioned in 2014 when Siddaramaiah was CM in his first tenure in 2013
Karnataka Backward Class Commission chairman Jayaprakash Hegde lastly submitted the state’s caste census report to chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday.
Delayed a number of occasions, the socioeconomic and schooling survey, described because the caste census, was first commissioned in 2014 when Siddaramaiah was chief minister in his first tenure in 2013. The time period of the panel’s earlier chairman, H Kantharaj, ended in 2019 whereas Hegde was appointed his successor in 2020.
The report was prepared in 2018 earlier than the Karnataka meeting elections, however each BJP chief ministers BS Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai didn’t take any motion due to a “technical issue”. They stated a member secretary of the fee had not signed the report earlier than he was transferred out of that submit.
This report is now scheduled to go earlier than the state cupboard subsequent week. Siddaramaiah advised reporters that he’ll place it earlier than the cupboard. “Based on the discussions during the cabinet meeting, the decision on whether to table it in the assembly will be taken,” he stated.
Hegde stated Kantharaj had compiled the earlier report on the premise of the info collected. “Due to technical reasons, it could not be submitted. We have now compiled the census report and submitted it to CM Siddaramaiah,” he stated.
“I cannot tell you what the essence of the report is as we have submitted a confidential one to the government. It is for the government to take a decision on it. You should ask the government for further details,” he added.
On whether or not the survey carried out was unscientific, Hegde stated, “Who told you it was unscientific? Have any of you read it? Without reading the entire report, how can you call it so?” He added that the numbers quoted in sections of the media are false.
The survey was carried out by 1.6 lakh officers, together with 1.33 lakh academics, between April 11, 2015 and May 30, 2015. A complete of 5.98 crore individuals belonging from 1.35 lakh households had been surveyed. It price Rs 164.84 crore, whereas information collected in 2015 was validated by the IIM Bangalore, on the premise of the 2011 Census.
