Karnataka caste survey panel keen on Dasara launch: Report
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Backward Classes Commission is reportedly keen on taking up the fresh social and educational survey (caste census) during the upcoming Dasara holidays, aiming to utilise the period when teachers are free from academic duties.
Commission Chairperson Madhusudan R. Naik said that teachers should be the primary choice for enumerators. “Utilising government and aided teachers for such surveys has been a time-tested method. We are in the process of preparing a package, which includes a possible request to extend the 15-day Dasara holidays by another 10 days,” Deccan Herald quoted him as saying.
Meanwhile, Naik explained that teachers are ideal for the task because they are well-respected, honest, educated, and committed to public service. He cited the example of the recent Scheduled Castes survey, where complaints only surfaced during the final phase—after teachers had resumed school duties. “The enumerators involved in those complaints were not teachers,” he added.
The commission is preparing a proposal in this regard, which will be submitted to the state government soon.
The government intends to complete the survey within three months from the date of the government order, which is yet to be issued, DH added.
If the holiday extension proposal is not approved, the commission may need to explore alternatives, such as outsourcing the work to other agencies or involving ASHA workers and bill collectors.
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Udhayanidhi accuses BJP of not releasing funds for TN
Gobichettipalayam (PTI): Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Saturday charged the BJP government at the Centre with not releasing funds to the state and accused it of "snatching" TN's rights.
Addressing a poll rally at Gobichettipalayam in the western Erode district, the DMK youth wing chief claimed the Centre has not released funds to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore for education.
"They (union government) have snatched all our rights," he charged.
With regard to the Centre's proposal for delimitation, he said chief minister M K Stalin was the first person in the country to raise the voice against the union government's move. He claimed that it was a "huge victory" for the INDIA alliance, as the bill was defeated for lack of majority after the opposition voted against it in the Lok Sabha.
Listing out various welfare measures implemented by the DMK government, he said the existing "Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai" (monthly financial assistance for women) will be doubled to Rs 2,000 if DMK was voted to power again.
The deputy chief minister charged that the BJP and AIADMK have tried to stall it by moving the court. "At present more than 1.3 crore women have benefited from the scheme", he said.
"Similarly, the breakfast scheme for the government school students will be extended till Class VIII", he said adding "more than 35 lakh college students across the state will be getting free laptops once the DMK government is formed".
Udhayanidhi also pointed out at the "Illatharasi" poll promise, providing Rs 8,000 worth of coupons to non-income tax paying women where they could buy or replace any household appliances of their choice.
Elections to 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu will be held on April 23 and the results declared on May 4 following counting of polled votes.
