Overview

• The Social and Educational Survey, budgeted at ₹420 crore for September 22 to October 7, remains scheduled pending a high-level review today.
• Several ministers objected to 331 caste and sub-caste entries and to dual-identity labels such as “Brahmin Christian,” “Vokkaliga Christian,” and “Kuruba Christian.”
• The Backward Classes Commission says the list was built from earlier rolls and community petitions, with such entries ultimately counted within larger groups.
• BJP leaders called for postponement and wider consultations, arguing the current list could create divisions and distort quota allocations.
• Separately, Kerala confirmed it will not run a standalone exercise and will rely on caste enumeration in the upcoming national census along with its e-CDESK database.