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The Karnataka authorities is hoping to person the much-awaited study of the Social and Educational Survey-2025 conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes by January 2026.
According to the authorities sources, the committee is yet to get secondary information from definite authorities departments, adjacent arsenic different information processing is being undertaken. “We expect that the secondary information volition beryllium made disposable by departments that person truthful acold not complied with the Commission’s petition by the extremity of December. We are hoping to person the study from the Commission by January end,” sources said, adding that the compilation of information would not instrumentality overmuch time.
Earlier deadline
The committee headed by Madhusudan Naik had earlier been tasked with submitting the study by December 2025. After completing the door-to-door survey by October 31 and online model closing connected November 10, astir 6.15 crores of the estimated 6.85 crores colonisation successful Karnataka was covered successful the survey which commenced of September 22.
Meanwhile, the committee has asked authorities departments for secondary information to recognize capable practice successful authorities services, sources said. Adequate practice is mandated by Article 16(4), which is derived from secondary information and backwardness nether Article 15(4) done information compilation from the survey. Incidentally, the erstwhile committee had not considered capable practice and relied heavy connected backwardness.
Sources said that since the tribunal is seized of the matter, utmost attraction is being taken by the committee successful mentation of the study and recommendations.
After facing absorption from ascendant Vokkaliga and Veerashaiava-Lingayat communities implicit the 2015 survey conducted by H. Kantharaj Commission, the study of which was submitted by K. Jayaprakash Hegde Commission successful 2024, the State authorities junked the study connected the grounds that the information was old, and tasked the existent committee to taxable its study by December.
₹240 crores spent truthful far
Meanwhile, the State authorities has said that ₹240.72 crores person been spent truthful acold of the ₹348.36 crores allocated to the survey. The authorities has released ₹212.27 crores towards outgo of honorarium to the enumerators crossed the State. More than 1.5 lakh enumerator had taken portion successful the survey.
In a written reply by the Backward Classes Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi successful the Legislative Assembly to a question from BJP subordinate V. Sunil Kumar, the Minister said that the process of preparing the study is nether way.
Not a ‘census’
The Minister said that determination is nary proviso for the State authorities to behaviour a “caste census” successful the Constitution. He said that the Social and Educational Survey is being conducted arsenic per the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission Act, 1995, to recognize the socio-educational information and problems of the radical successful Karnataka. “The survey would assistance successful redrawing the Backward Classes database either to region communities that bash not suffice to beryllium successful the database oregon adhd immoderate communities to the list”.
