Bengaluru: In a bid to resolve the growing confusion surrounding the caste census data, the Karnataka Government is set to hold a Special Cabinet Meeting this evening. The meeting, convened by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, will deliberate on the social, educational and economic survey reports submitted by the Kantharaj Committee and the Karnataka State Commission for…
Mysuru: Director of the State Vokkaliga Association K.V. Sridhar has called for a fresh, scientific approach to population surveys by linking caste census data with Aadhaar cards and geo-tags. Speaking at a high-level meeting of Vokkaliga leaders yesterday, he denounced the caste census as deeply flawed and lacking credibility. “This report shows the State’s total…
Government will collapse if caste census is implemented, caution dominant communities Bengaluru: With just two days left for the Karnataka Cabinet to deliberate on the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey report — widely referred to as the ‘caste census’ — opposition to its implementation has intensified. Despite the report’s contents not yet being made public, resistance…
Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha expressed his outrage over the caste census report, alleging that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who once divided a community under the guise of Ahinda (Kannada acronym for Alpasankhyataru or minorities, Hindulidavaru or backward classes, and Dalitaru or Dalits), is now attempting to fracture the entire Hindu religion through the caste census….
Bengaluru: The widely debated Report of Socio-Economic and Educational Survey, popular as Caste Census, submitted by H. Kantharaj, the former Chairman of State Backward Classes Commission, was tabled before the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at Vidhana Soudha here this noon. It was eventually decided to take a decision on implementing the recommendations…
Mysuru: Activists of District Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) staged a protest in front of Deputy Commissioner’s office in the city on Tuesday demanding that the State Government should accept and implement the caste census report and increase the reservation slab for Dalits and Backward Classes from the existing 50% to 75%. “Dalits, Advasis, Nomadics, Backward…
Mysuru: Maintaining that his Government conducted the Socio-Economic Census (Caste Census) in order to identify the deprived sections, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here that the Caste Census report will be tabled at the next Cabinet meeting and measures will be taken to implement its recommendations. He was speaking after inaugurating Mysuru District BCM Hostels Senior…
Bengaluru: Even as for and against groups are engaged in a row over the implementation of H. Kantharaj Commission Report on Socio-Economic Status, popularly known as the Caste Census, former Karnataka Backward Classes Commission Chairman H. Kantharaj, who headed the Commission, has himself urged the Government to accept his report and implement the recommendations. Addressing…
Bengaluru: Even as pressure is mounting on the Karnataka Government to make the State’s Socio-economic and Educational Census, popularly known as the ‘caste census’, public, in a narrative resembling a suspense thriller, it has now come to light that the original copy of the survey report has mysteriously disappeared, raising eyebrows and legal concerns. The…
Bengaluru: Batting for carrying out a caste census every ten years, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah observed that this move can help in providing reservation to all the genuinely deserving sections of the society. Speaking to press persons after undergoing a naturopathy treatment in the State Capital yesterday, Siddharamaiah contended that the Government’s…
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