State Backward Classes News Today

Former Chief Minister and JD (S) state president H.D. Kumaraswamy challenged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday that if he had the capacity he should accept the caste report prepared by H. Kantharaj, the former chairman of the State ...

Motto of Rahul Gandhi’s 6,713 km-long ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’

Shivakumar said he stood by the partys stand on caste census, but he would also want the government to consider the demand of communities for a scientific approach to the survey. “Many communities are fighting for a reservation proportional to their population. These demands cut across the party lines. However, some communities have said they have not been contacted before the census and are asking for a scientific caste census.”

The meeting was held a day after Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil withdrew his hunger strike seeking reservation to the Maratha community under Kunbi (OBC) category, giving the state till January 2 to complete the procedural requirements and meet his demands.

Urban local body polls in Karnataka had been stuck for want of a water-tight policy on political reservation in urban local bodies and in panchayat institutions based on a set of scientific data on dominance of caste groupings in each seat.

The Karnataka Cabinet has approved 33% of seats for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in urban local bodies and panchayats. This decision follows the recommendations made by the Justice Bhaktavatsala Commission, which relied on caste census data to determine the quota. The Cabinet also announced the reservation of the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in Bengaluru civic body BBMP for OBC communities.

Mysuru: Member of the legislative council D Thimmaiah on Sunday bemoaned the existence of inequality in the society even after 76 years of Independenc.

To catch up with the demand, other milk brands have also entered the market in the past in Karnataka.  

The then Deve Gowda govt’s move in 1994 to allot reservation to Muslims under ‘2B’ category for being ‘socially and educationally’ backward was part of a historical process that began during the rule of Mysore princely state in 1918

Reacting to the recent Supreme Courts order on reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC), Congress leader Siddaramaiah said that the issue can be resolved with Social, Educational and Economic Survey conducted by State Backward Classes Commission.