Bengaluru, Sept. 27 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday firmly refused to relax the October 7 deadline for the completion of the ongoing socio-educational survey.

"The deadline will not be extended under any circumstances," Siddaramaiah told senior officials while addressing a video conference. The survey is intended to record the social and educational profile of over 14.3 million families across the state, out of which 27.6 million households were surveyed in the first week, according to officials. It is popularly referred to as the "caste survey".

"You must achieve a daily progress rate of at least 10% to meet the target," he said, adding that technical glitches reported in the survey's initial stages had "almost been sorted out...