India, Feb. 14 -- The Telangana government will conduct a second round of socio-economic, educational, employment, political and caste survey from February 16 to 28, in the wake of criticism from the opposition that the earlier survey was not comprehensive, besides objections raised by some OBC groups and leaders from within the Congress that there were discrepancies in the figures of various castes.

A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting convened by chief minister A Revanth Reddy with his cabinet colleagues and senior officials at the state secretariat on Wednesday evening.

State deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka told reporters after the meeting that the fresh survey will cover the remaining 3.1% of the...