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The much than a month-long house-to-house survey of the State’s colonisation being conducted arsenic portion of the Social and Educational Survey-2025 by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes came to an extremity connected Friday. Between 6.15 crore and 6.20 crore colonisation of the estimated 6.85 crore colonisation successful the State (about 90 %) is believed to person been covered successful the survey.
Though respective districts person seen the survey spell beyond the estimated target, it has lagged successful the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) portion since a fig of residents present refused to enactment since they had shared their details successful their respective hometowns.
May spell up to 6.20 crore
Commission Chairman Madhusudan Naik told The Hindu that information connected those who refused to instrumentality portion is presently not available. “We person the online model disposable till November 10 and the numbers could spell up. We are expecting the fig to scope 6.2 crore.” On the numbers that they were expecting online, helium said, “It is hard to foretell due to the fact that galore of them person been misled by leaders successful the ascendant community.”
The committee has been asked by the authorities to taxable its recommendations by December aft analysing the data. With the committee having powers to determination the castes betwixt categories of backward, much backward and astir backward, depending connected the backwardness indicators, respective microscopic, nomadic and semi nomadic communities volition beryllium keenly looking guardant for the recommendations.
Amid misgivings by respective communities implicit the survey, the committee headed by Mr. Naik started the survey enactment connected October 22 successful the State, portion it commenced successful Bengaluru connected October 4. Though it was initially scheduled to beryllium completed connected October 7, the deadline was doubly extended since the household sum had not been satisfactory.
The survey is coming aft the archetypal 1 successful 2015 by the H. Kantharaj Commission, the study of which was submitted by K. Jayaprakash Hegde Commission. Under unit from the ascendant Vokkaliga and Veerashaiva-Lingayat communities that accused the survey of being “unscientific”, the authorities shelved it, and ordered a caller survey.
HC intervention
After the judicial involution successful which the Karnataka High Court mandated the Commission to support the information confidential and besides information successful the survey voluntary, respective households not lone refused to supply details but besides allegedly abused the enumerators.
With the powerfulness metre fig being the ground of mapping the households crossed the State, determination were besides complaints from the enumerators of not capable to find households portion complaints came against enumerators implicit skipping households oregon completing the survey successful a hurry.
Communities’ response
The effect to the survey of the communities has besides been varied. While the microscopic communities and galore different backward classes are learnt to person participated successful the survey enthusiastically, galore among the Brahmin assemblage are said to person been reluctant, aft a fewer eminent members of the assemblage refused to participate, and a Union Minister openly urged the assemblage members not to participate. On the different hand, caste organisations and mutts among Vokkaligas and Veerashaiva-Lingayats, who were bitterly opposed to the erstwhile survey, person worked to get their numbers augmented by creating consciousness among their members.
Ahead of the survey, the Veerashaiva-Lingayat assemblage besides remained confused, arsenic the members were asked to enumerate themselves nether “others” successful the spiritual file with Veerashiava Mahasabha asking assemblage members to enumerate arsenic “Veerashaiva-Lingayats” and Lingayat Mahasabha arsenic conscionable “Lingayat.” Both moves had riled the BJP and RSS arsenic they saw it arsenic an effort to “divide Hindus”.
After a backlash from the BJP, the committee was besides forced to disguise Christian sub groups having Hindu caste names successful the app, but allowed households to place themselves arsenic they wished.
