Bengaluru, April 17 -- The Karnataka cabinet, chaired by chief minister Siddaramaiah, will take up the socio-economic and education survey, popularly known as caste census report, for deliberation during a special meeting scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on Thursday.

People familiar with the matter said the meeting will be held in the afternoon as the Congress has organised a protest meeting against the Centre's over the rising prices of fuel and essential commodities and also to counter the BJP's Jan Aakrosh (people's anger) rally on the Congress government hiking the milk, water and power rates.

Siddaramaiah's economic adviser Basavaraj Rayaraddi said: "No final decision will be taken in Thursday's meeting. The CM is not in a hurry, ...