Karnataka caste census recommends 8 per cent reservation for Muslim group
As per sources, the report locations the Muslim inhabitants beneath Class 2B at 18.08 per cent, with a complete inhabitants of 75.25 lakh. The report recommends rising their reservation from 4 per cent to eight per cent. That is larger than the Vokkaliga group, which is presently thought of the second-largest inhabitants group within the state. The Vokkaliga inhabitants is recorded at 61.68 lakh, comprising 10.31 per cent of the full. The report suggests rising their reservation to 7 per cent, in keeping with sources.
The census report lists the Lingayat group inhabitants at 66.35 lakh, comprising 11.09 per cent — decrease than the Muslim inhabitants. The report recommends rising their reservation to eight per cent. At the moment, the Lingayat group is taken into account the biggest within the state.
The Scheduled Castes are proven to have the very best inhabitants within the state. The report locations the SC inhabitants at 1.09 crore and recommends sustaining the reservation at 24.1 per cent. The Scheduled Tribes’ inhabitants is 42.81 lakh, and the reservation of 9.95 per cent has been really helpful.
The newly created Class 1A group — which incorporates communities akin to Golla, Uppara, Mogaveera, Koli, and different marginalised teams — has a inhabitants of 73.92 lakh. The report recommends a 12 per cent reservation for this group, in keeping with sources.
Class 2A, which incorporates communities like Madivala, Ediga, and others, has a inhabitants of 77.78 lakh, with a really helpful reservation of 10 per cent.
The findings of the report are anticipated to set off a significant debate and controversy within the state and will considerably influence the political panorama.
House Minister G. Parameshwara and Minister Zameer Ahmad Khan, whereas defending the Muslim quota in tenders, earlier acknowledged that Muslims comprise between 16 to 18 per cent of the state’s inhabitants.
In the meantime, Congress leaders have indicated that the Congress-led authorities is ready to extend the reservation restrict within the state. Labour minister Santhosh Lad acknowledged that the central authorities has already breached the 50 per cent cap by implementing a ten per cent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).
Congress MLC B.Okay. Hariprasad asserted that the caste census supplies the federal government with empirical knowledge to justify rising the reservation restrict past 50 per cent within the state.
The Karnataka authorities won’t take any hasty choice relating to the caste census report, deputy chief minister D.Okay. Shivakumar mentioned on Friday.
When requested about discussions on the caste census report within the Cupboard assembly, Shivakumar mentioned: “The Regulation Minister opened the report, however no MLA or minister has seen it. We could have an in depth dialogue on the matter.”
The Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities have maintained that the caste census report is flawed.
Sources mentioned the report was submitted in additional than 46 volumes, and the information was additionally submitted in two CDs to the federal government on numerous elements of the caste survey.
In 2014, Siddaramaiah (throughout his first tenure because the chief minister) ordered the Karnataka Socio-Financial and Academic Census. A committee headed by the then Backward Courses fee chairman H. Kantharaju did the survey at a value of round Rs 169 crore. The report was prepared by 2016; it was, nevertheless, put in chilly storage by subsequent governments.
