Public opinion is polarized regarding the caste census, with many advocating for it as a crucial step towards social justice and equitable resource allocation, while others criticize it as a political maneuver that threatens meritocracy. There’s notable frustration over the effectiveness of the current caste-based reservation system, with calls for a merit-based approach instead.

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Congress using their Brahmastra to stay in power? What next? 100% reservation? Disgusting.

Mindless-Pilot-Chef

This is expected with current government. They will give reservations just like freebies to stay in power. Karnataka is never going to progress. My heart weeps at how they are ruining the state.

Gullible-Poet4382

Take maximum tax from 15%, give minimum to 15%

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No wonder the talented youngsters look to flee the country at the first opportunity. Move to places where merit is well and truly rewarded, regardless of your caste, creed, nationality, religion. It is incredibly heartbreaking to slog day n night, make sacrifices, score well and then ,come d day, find yourself overtaken by a smug dude wirh half your marks. In the name of "socialism", these guys are stalling the nations development and killing hopes of millions of bright middke class kids without a quota certificate. Shame on these politicians, and I sincerely pray that they'll be kicked out in 2028!🙏

Sanvik_dimpled

They should directly go for 100% quota. 

Meanwhile all keyboard warriors will whine on X, Instagram and Reddit.

Disgusting. BJP seems to be the lesser of two evils but given how politics is a race to the bottom and extremely competitive, I am not sure how BJP can counter the demands for ever increasing reservations (which once implemented, cannot even be rolled back)

10Pints_to_Slytherin

To any kid who’s reading this, doesn’t matter what you want to peruse in the future, please work hard and GTFO of this country when you have the chance.

Cock_Inspector_2021

Just do 100% so people.can move out of the state

archjh

Merit ain't a concept in this country or state.

arriving_somewhere1

Too less 

Every baby born to a member of a family holding reservations should be given any degree of their choice from any institution, choice of private or goverment job, pension, free gas free petrol, free bus, free food alongside the birth certificate itself. Only then it will be fair.

Keep playing this caste, religion, annadata games while countries around us reach new levels of industrialization. Pathetic.

PersonNPlusOne

With reservations things change like:

1. Quality of education degraded (less number still teaching job)
2. Population decrease (get less numbers and govt doctor job)
3. More Bribes/Corruption (IYKYK, like some people never saw money and suddenly they see miney kinda things)
4. Quality of services (Engineers/Doctors) Because deserving candidates or more eligible  candidates which doesn’t come under reservation won’t get seats in medical college or engineering college or other fields.

If things go this way, we are fucked as a nation, instead of progressing we will regress! (Just Congress Thing)

Lost_Telephone9232

coldstone87

Imagine them in Center.. One state is getting ruined everyday..

ObfuscatedScript

This is just to impress Rahulbaba. Once done in Karnataka, they'll try to sell this model everywhere else.

Squidward_nopants

This artificial selection for the sake of power will only create more rent seekers than doing any good to a already fragile society. Meritorious people who will be missing out opportunities will have to carve out their future by doubling their efforts for survival, including looking for opportunities outside the country. I will bet on natural selection to trump artificial selection. i.e.  beneficiaries of government doles are less likely to work hard and less likely to over use their brains, whereas meritorious will find ingenious ways to survive, adapt and thrive due to their superior intellect and strong will power.

2Idli1VadaSambarDip

When people create identity and language politics, they try to sneak these things away from the voting population. You want to talk roads and Infra? No talk about language. You want to talk builder scams and water shortage? No talk about religion. Have come to the conclusion, that none of the elected care about the people or even the state or the country.

MakingMistakes_100

Once the public revolt and throw the Khan-gress out of power, life will definitely see better days in Namma Bengaluru.

plushy_neko

The only way to fight this is by making it 100%. As someone who doesn't have any skin in this game, I can very easily say that mind you.

The_0bserver

Correct me if I am wrong the dominant and richest castes are lingayats and vokkaliga are in obc ? And are they pushing more reservation for them ? Why the hate for sc st.. if they are doing the latter.  It's pretty confusing at this point

takesh9999

When was the census even done?  
Isn't census supposed to be done by visiting every home?   
Shouldn't central government do census?   
So many questions

DragonikOverlord

All upper caste people here talking of merit, you've been ruling this country, since last 75 years in all positions of power, we can see your merit. Let social justice be imposed, those whose population is 15% need not capture 90% of resources.

Ok-Parsnip-3641

Finally something in the favour of caste and according to census. General ppl just crying because they don't see the privilege they hold.

whatisenough

&gt; According to the report, the backward classes population constitutes nearly 70 percent of the state's population. In response, the caste census has recommended increasing reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from 32 percent to 51 percent, taking the total reservation in the state to 85 percent. This figure includes 10 percent for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and 24 percent for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), The Hindu added.

What’s wrong with representation on the basis of ratio of population? Even covers EWS too

lawda_lehsun

As long as the data is public, I'm good. It was needed

XpRienzo

2027 Census can help with targeted policies, but it also risks deepening divisions and misuse of data if not handled carefully.

Emmanuel_BDRSuite

"Batenge to Katenge.

Ek Hai to Safe Hai.

Dharam pucha, Jaati nahi."

-Bhakts on odd days.

"Caste census is a masterstroke by Modiji.

Why didn't Congress do caste census?"

-Bhakts on even days.

will there also be a count by buying power, could be very useful for businesses to have the latest data on household consumption metrics

No_Specialist6036

I saw some caste people were doing protest against this here in maharashtra "this is against our rights" Says people who are abusing system made for poor and refuse for strict checking of who are actually from poor families in cast because it is one of the rules that must be followed while giving seats.

Edit: not every caste some particular made for backward class

shipisshipping

It was also a part of the 2011 census but the data didn't get published due to errors so what's the big deal now?

Aurousishere

Simplebatata

There should be an option to choose no cast no religion too.

Mr-_-Anonymus

Happy to see caste census being covered by so many media outlets, many foreign

[https://ground.news/article/india-is-preparing-to-launch-its-delayed-census-including-controversial-questions-about-caste](https://ground.news/article/india-is-preparing-to-launch-its-delayed-census-including-controversial-questions-about-caste)

sharedevaaste

I heard it's a digital census.

Not sure, how accurate it will be.

Fine_Treat1333

&gt; Top government officials said there are two important issues to take note of in this Census. One, this Census must not be immediately linked with the delimitation exercise because the government does not expect to wrap up the entire process – including final publication of Census data — in time for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. The 2011 Census data was released only in April 2013.

bro. why is it taking 2 years to release Census data?

magkruppe

I feel the numbers from government cannot be believed.

Chetan87



Dk wants gowda reservation  

Yeddi wants lingayat reservation


Siddu wants kuruba reservation

Sameer wants muslim reservation

In realty the  top 2 are richer than all and have wealth and  strength and are dominant in north and south.. so what's the point of this ..

Naive_Caramel_7

Is data is survey or actual census?? If census thn came to our house or heard of govt asking people to go to some govt office for registration. Govt simple can take election card holders to provide info about caste.

vidvizharbuk

I think Vokkaligas numbers can be more by 8-10 lakhs aste, moreover their tfr has come down below 2

For Lingayats before they had put so many subcastes under lingayat bucket but they were represented in SC, 2A and 2b categories. Now for reservation and other benefits they have removed lingayath tag and are associated with backward caste category.

SC,ST and Muslims numbers have increased because of high three and migrant population

Ok-Slip1309

The report should be fair and true, not just bogus to appease some communities for votes. Instead do proper survey and take proper actions

GhostPrivateJobs

Can't trust any one. Seems every one wants to take their own caste side. Vokkaliga says we r the biggest no , same by lingayats. Some how Kurubas r in confusion. And muslims r saying we even larger than above 3 castes all together...if BJP does caste senses kuruba and vokkaliga surely will say it favoured Lingayats..if JDS does the census then  lingayats and kurubas will say jds  showed favorism 2wards vokkaliga. Never ending ..

W2hell

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for context many people are thinking that castes of only hindus will be considered by that is not true, caste of all religions will be considered.

new_to_maths

For people don’t understand why this is done and for people claiming g this is division.

The oppressive FC descendants are still holding 50+% of jobs in Government despite them being less than 5% of the overall population.

This census is only way to confirm where things are and if the quota system is helping the suppressed communities like it was meant to.

DawrkIndien

AkaiAshu

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Unusual-Collar3644

This is very good . If its done properly , we will know about Telugu people living in Tamil nadu in disguise .

No-Prize9621

CSK brings in PBKS captain to the franchise next year and wins IPL. We are done then. 😂

HawkEntire5517

PAN Aadhar link. 
Aadhar everywhere including banks. 
Now caste tied to Aadhar.

Harish6366

Let's also collect census data on Politicians getting medical treatment from quota doctors in government hospitals. How many went abroad and Apollo for medical treatment? How many refused to visit a SC/ST doctor who passed with a 35% mark?

Voters are cowards

EuphoricSilver6687

People are trying to remove caste everywhere while these guys implied law now to create the caste difference in Islam/christianity too . Ivanunga thaan ella prechanaikum moola karnama irukaanunga

Sweet_Change5693

PurpleLove342

Jitni aabadi utna haq

So north India now has more population than South so loksabha and rajyasabha seat increase is now inevitable

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What a useless nation honestly. 
Appease Mullahs, prevent meritocracy, Tax middleclass. Dont build Infra. Police, Beautacracy are corrupt as F.

Just migrate out, let them suck each others d

Unable-Ad931

It would be fun to see 100% reservation. 

I say do it

mistiquefog

They had one job to do. Make Bangalore the next Santa Clara Valley.

  
But Congress corruption mixed with fake regional bravado and no focus on infra has led to techies stuck in jams, getting hatred from locals while playing exorbitant prices and rents

sapan_auth

ProfessionalMovie759

We can take Malaysia as an example. 
They have a similar policy for Malays and non Malay natives of Sabah and Sarawak. The Bumiputra policy.

Non bumis, mainly Indians and Chinese, either have their own school or send their children aboard. As a result, the standard in local universities dropped, and her graduates became less hireable outside of state organisations.

Resulting in brain drain to Singapore and the West.

In corporations, you can see a few non bumis handling the bulk of knowledge with many bumis hanging on.

I support resource allocation to bring OBCs up to standard rather than lowering standards for all.

SolidInstance9945

BC happy that i m leaving this country this year.

broplzhelpme123

Just make it 100% and get it over with. 

Casteism will never end and GC  form our own economic system.

The democracy is doomed instead of building a powerful and developed nation politician are investing their shitty brains in quota for the votebank politics

Ok-Decision-9136

This is both good and bad

The good thing being that the INC is getting desperate now

This is why India will never develop. You are driving away talent. Nobody wants to contribute to the country if they are not valued.

rtdnri

Sachin_Paul

And apparently South Indians are literate

Competitive-Coast653

UGHHH VERY LESS.  
HOW WILL I BE ABLE TO QUALIFY I ONLY HAVE 10CR BANK BALANCE.  
/s

Have they even presented any other finding than population %? 
Are there any social or economic parameters surveyed and presented? 

I recall that happening for the Bihar caste surveys

hoha7

Yeah go ahead destroy for fucking state. How do these imbeciles get voted into power is beyond my understanding

uneducatedDumbRacoon

yuz_HUNKAI15

Visionless leadership just vote-bank politics

prdpb3

Thick-Ad-6366

💯 percent karne ke bad kia topic rahega inka? Private job reservation?

malhok123

Without creamy layer enforcement, the reservation system is useless.

DogsRDBestest

Nahi galti meri hai jo mai general class mai peda hua

No_Dragonfruit_514

Don't forget 10% women reservation for this...why don't they start reservation for general you get 5% reservation enjoy..

sk2592

So when they increase to 100%, what will they bat for?

tejas2112

Government jobs in India are the safest bet and one works the least. No merit, no results.

prasadgeek33

Major obc caste are owned by bjp and congress both and only congress is getting blamed here the past bjp govt in karnataka batted for more reservation for their communities  that is linagyats.. so here it's not congress vs bjp both working together so that vokkaliga and lingayat eat up more obc reservation
.The point is bjp and congress both will get befitting luck


Worst part is the obc castes major ones are well off than the whole sc population they own crazy wealth and land..

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