As the Social and Educational Survey being conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes resumes aft the Deepavali vacation interruption connected Thursday (October 23), each eyes volition present beryllium connected the advancement that would beryllium made successful Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) portion till October 31.
The survey successful GBA region, which started connected October 4, has managed to grounds a advancement of astir 45.97 %. Against an estimated 39.82 lakh households successful the region, astir 18.31 lakh households comprising astir 56.56 lakh has been completed by October 19. The erstwhile survey conducted by the H. Kantharaj Commission successful 2015 had- aft aggregate extensions- managed to scope astir 85 % of the Bengaluru population.

Amidst complaints astir enumerators inactive trying to scope retired to households, respective households person besides refused to instrumentality portion successful the survey based connected misgivings and disorder that person been floating successful the societal media. Several households person besides shown disdain and apathy towards the survey, fearing privateness issues.
While the teachers, who were the backbone of the survey till October 19 erstwhile the sum had reached implicit 85 % of the households, would nary longer beryllium taking portion successful the survey, employees and officials drafted from assorted departments would proceed successful the survey work.

According to Backward Classes Department Secretary, Thulasi Madineni, astir 11,000 enumerators would proceed with the survey enactment successful Bengaluru arsenic astir 6,000 teachers would beryllium backmost successful school. “The enactment is being reassigned among the 11,000 enumerators to guarantee completion of the survey,” she said, adding that the survey enactment successful galore districts had been completed already.
The survey which commenced connected September 22 crossed the State and October 4 successful Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) region, was scheduled to extremity connected October 7. However, with sum nary wherever adjacent satisfactory level, the Government extended the Dasara holidays for Government and aided schools till October 19 to alteration teachers to implicit the survey. After the 2nd hold of deadline, the survey is expected to beryllium completed by October 31.
As connected Sunday, the survey has managed to scope 1.43 crores households successful the State (barring GBA region) against a people of astir 1.48 crores households, reaching 96.35 % of the people and covering a colonisation of astir 5.42 crores.
Another root successful Backward Classes section said that barring 3 districts wherever survey is betwixt 85 % and 90 %, remainder of the districts person shown bully progress. “In those districts that person shown 100 % coverage, the lawman commissioner volition instrumentality a telephone connected however to proceed further. In districts that are person to achieving 100 %, employees of assorted departments would proceed with the survey work.”

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