Bengaluru, Oct 7 || Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced that the Social-Economic and Academic Survey, commonly known as the Caste Census, will be completed by October 19.
He further declared holidays for government schools across the state to facilitate the enumeration work by teachers.
The government's earlier deadline for completing the survey is ending today (October 7).
“By October 19, the survey work will be completed. There were some technical glitches in the beginning, which are being fixed now. I thank all enumerators,” said Siddaramaiah while addressing a press conference in Bengaluru after conducting the review meeting.
He stated the Socio-Economic and Educational survey of Karnataka’s population, which began on September 2, was supposed to conclude on October 7; however, it remains incomplete in several districts.
“While 97 per cent of the survey work has been completed in Koppal, only about 67 per cent has been completed in Mangaluru district, showing wide variations across the state,” he said.