Shivakumar announced that the Congress government has conducted a socio-economic survey in the state and is committed to implementing it to ensure social justice. Discussions on equality date back to the British rule, which is why a caste census was conducted around 1931. Our leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi are also committed to conducting a caste census.” The Karnataka government has a separate department for backward classes, which will receive funding to address their needs. He noted that two-thirds of the ministers in the state cabinet belong to backward classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and minority communities.