The trunca of the woman sorts the wool in Karnataka. File image. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
In the midst of an intensive discussion of the number of Vokkaliga population and the Veerashaiva-Landayat community in socio-economic and educational survey, the Karnataka of the State Commission for backward classes submitted. Together with several other communities, Kurbs were recommended by moving from the more backward category 2A to the most backward in the 1B category.
In addition to Kurubas, there are other communities that have been moved in the backward category 2A, which have been moved to most of the backward category 1b, including Madiwalas, Kumbaras, Savilits and Hoovadigas, which are also numerically stronger.
A total of 80 caste/substalles were grouped in category 1b. In the next reladification were Marathas, who were in the backward category 3b, moved to the reverse category 2a.
The source that worked in the commission said that the re -classification shows that despite more than three decades remaining in category 2a, these communities have not moved away from backwardness.
In fact, the KUBU Community requires to be moved to the list of planned tribes in the State. They represent 43.72 Lakhs or about 7.3% of the listed population and are the fourth largest community grouping in the state after Muslims, Veerashaiva-Longayats and Vokkaligas. By the way, the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who commissioned a survey under the H. Kantharaj Commission in 2015, belongs to the Kunuba community.
Currently, the category of 2A has 15% in the reservation matrix and category 1 has 4%. However, the Hegde Commission recommended that category 1A and 1B category with 6% and 12% booking. Reservations for category 2a were reduced to 10%because castes/sub castes were moved to 1A.
“The re -classification was performed on the recommendation of the expert committee and weighing, which was given to every community. The political representation itself is not counted. There could be a large population that will still see development,” said Mr. Hege Hindu.
The source stated that the level of literacy and representation in the public service is also taken into account. “One may not see re-clasification through a political lens. The category for many castes was assigned depending on their findings in the survey. The classification was not carried out randomly,” the sources said.
Meanwhile, when the discussion of the community community is recommended to move to category 1b, the Minister of Trade Unions for the Heavy Industry and the Steel HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday to Mr. Siddaramaiaha dug. He indirectly pointed to the community Kunuba, which planted a larger share in the benefits of reservation, asked: “Who were those who enjoyed the share of the Lion in favor of the advantages of category 2a? In category 2a and 15% of the reservation is 101 caste and 15%.
How were the castes categorized?
The Commission will learn that it considered social, education and livelihood criteria in the total amount of 19, with a weight of 100, 68 and 32 points, in a total of 200. Maintaining 90 as a “limited point” were those communities that were marked above 90 for category 1.
For bifurcation purposes, communities marked above 125 were classified in category 1a and the community between 90 and 124 was classified in 1b.
Persons between 50 and 89 are considered back to category 2 and those between 20 and 49 are considered back to category 3. Communities scoring below 20 were considered in general. The scope of marking, as they learn, is between 12 and 147- Minimal showing progress, while maximum lighting backwardness.
Published – April 16 2025 21:02
