Bengaluru, April 11 -- Nearly a decade after Karnataka conducted an extensive socio-economic and educational survey aimed at understanding caste demographics, the state government will be reopening the sealed report in a crucial cabinet meeting scheduled for Friday.

The report was compiled in 2015 during the tenure of H Kantharaj as chairman of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes. Though the report remain unpublished to date, officials familiar with the matter said that the government is planning to consider examining its findings and the matter will be discussed in the cabinet meeting on Friday.

An official said the government might form a cabinet sub-committee and appoint an expert panel to assess the data before actin...