Overview

• Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said a column listing Christian sub-castes was dropped from the socio-educational survey by the autonomous Backward Classes Commission, not by his government.
• Reports say the commission removed 57 Christian sub-castes and directed enumerators to record such responses under an 'others' category in the survey app during fieldwork from 22 September to 7 October.
• BJP leaders criticized the change, arguing the new nomenclature could normalize religious conversion and affect reservation dynamics, while the state maintained the survey’s focus is socio-educational and economic data.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced next-generation GST with two main slabs of 5% and 18% from 22 September, calling it a 'GST savings festival,' with most items moving down from the previous 12% and 28% brackets; a separate 40% rate applies to harmful products such as tobacco.
• The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia formally recognized a Palestinian state, drawing a sharp rebuke from Israel, as India’s day also featured an Asia Cup win over Pakistan and captain Suryakumar Yadav’s remark that one-sided results do not make a rivalry.