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Entry number Caste/community Resolution no. and date *37: Mehtar: 12011/68/93-BCC(C) dt. 10 September 1993 and 12011/9/2004-BCC dt. 16 January 2006
Scheduled Castes (SCs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups. [7] [8] Scheduled Castes are given reservation status guaranteeing political representation, preference in promotion, quota in universities, free and stipended education, scholarships, banking services, various government schemes.
The number of backward castes and communities was 3,743 in the initial list of Mandal Commission set up in 1979–80. [15] [16] The number of backward castes in Central list of OBCs has now increased to 5,013 (without the figures for most of the Union Territories) in 2006 as per National Commission for Backward Classes.
[40] [55] Among the other castes included in the Category III A of the State OBC List are the Kodagu Gowda (Gowda). [54] [56] The Amma Kodava, the Kodagu Banna and the Kodagu Heggade have been included under the Category II A of the State OBC list, while the Kodagu Kapala have been included under Category I A of the State OBC List. [54]
Gowda (also known as vokkaliga, Kuruba, Gowdru, Gauda, Goud, Gouda or Gonda [1] [2]) is a surname native to Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the Vokkaligas and Kurubas in South Karnataka, Kurubas and the Lingayats in north Karnataka.
According to Yadav, "It is a mythical construct based on reducing the number of SC/ST, Muslims and others and then arriving at a number." [ 45 ] Yadav argues that government jobs were availed to those who by their own means had got higher education, and that reservation for OBC's was only one of the many recommendations of the Mandal Commission ...
Today, the Lingayat community is a blend of various castes, consisting of OBC [120] [121] and SC. [122] Currently, 16 castes of Lingayats have been accorded the OBC status by the Central Government. [121] According to one of the estimates by a Lingayat politician around 7 per cent of people in Lingayat community come under SC and STs. [122]
During the British rule, the foreigners allegedly joined hands with the Patils and Gowdas to defeat the Monarchs, Rulers belonging to Adi Karnataka clan and the number of its members got reduced alarmingly ( Around 1850's population of this community dropped to around 60,000 - 90,000)