Overview

• About 1.75 lakh teacher‑enumerators will use a mobile app and a 60‑question form to visit roughly two crore households statewide through October 7.
• The Backward Classes Commission has removed the contested ‘Christian’ sub‑caste labels from the app’s drop‑down; any such self‑identification will be recorded under an ‘others’ field.
• The government says the exercise focuses on social, economic and educational indicators and that the data will not be used to grant reservations.
• The BJP accuses the Congress government of trying to divide Hindus and is urging respondents to mark their religion as Hindu, while the ruling party rejects the charge.
• Religious and community leaders have pressed for postponement or more time citing festival schedules, and officials say Bengaluru could see a short operational delay for training.