On account of a scarcity of sturdy participation inside Bengaluru metropolis limits for the continuing survey of Scheduled Caste (SC) communities in Karnataka, the federal government has prolonged the survey deadline to June 22.
That is the third extension granted because the survey was launched on Might 5. The aim of the survey is to find out the precise inhabitants numbers of 101 castes categorised underneath the Scheduled Caste class within the state, which can then be used to offer inner reservations for these communities.
In comparison with different districts in Karnataka, the place practically 100 per cent of the SC inhabitants was surveyed, solely 46 per cent of the SC inhabitants in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits participated within the survey, in accordance with particulars shared by the one-man fee underneath Justice Nagamohan Das.
The estimated SC inhabitants in Karnataka for 2025 is roughly 1.16 crore, which constitutes about 12 per cent of the full group inhabitants. In Bengaluru alone, there are round 13.62 lakh SC individuals. Nonetheless, solely 6.29 lakh of them participated within the survey,
Throughout the whole state, there’s a 90 per cent progress within the survey, as 1.05 crore of the 1.16 crore individuals from the SC group have taken half within the survey, in accordance with the fee. Whereas Might 19 was set because the final date for the door-to-door survey when it was launched on Might 5, it was prolonged until the tip of Might on account of poor response in city areas.
On account of this, a number of teams from SC communities petitioned the fee to increase the final date of the survey additional. The fee is going through one other downside because the academics roped in to hold out the train had been relieved after the educational 12 months started within the first week of June.
Till June 22, SC households can register themselves at Scheduled Caste Survey Karntaka Web site or go to Karnataka One, Bengaluru One, or BBMP ward workplaces to enrol within the train.
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The survey is being carried out based mostly on the suggestions of the one-man panel, which discovered that there isn’t any empirical knowledge on the inhabitants of assorted castes inside SC communities, with out which inner reservation can’t be offered. The SCs are categorised into 4 classes within the state: SC left, SC proper, touchable communities and others.