India, April 19 -- Former chairman of the Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission K Jayaprakash Hegde's report on the socio-economic and educational survey, commonly referred to as the caste census report, has stirred a hornet's nest. Hegde fine-tuned the report prepared by his predecessor H Kantharaj, commissioned by chief minister Siddaramaiah during his first tenure. A decade later, the Siddaramaiah government is contemplating implementing the report, in the midst of several communities alleging their population has been under-reported. In an interview to HT, Hegde spoke on the "misconceptions" with regard to the report.

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