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Deputy Chairman of Maharashtra State Minority Commission and President of Christian
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Mumbai: The concerned department
responsible for designing the Census 2011 form might face the heat
because of the mistake – deliberately or otherwise – of not
including the column for religion and mother tongue in the important
document.
Stating that there might be some
conspiracy involved behind the motive, Deputy Chairman of
Maharashtra State Minority Commission and President of Christian
Voice Abraham Mathai has requested the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh to look into the matter.
“Not including the column of religion
in the Census 2011 form means that we will not have details of the
population on the basis of religions. This will be a sever blow to
the minorities as in the absence of such data, various government
schemes which are made for minorities would be no longer available
for them”, Abraham Mathai says in his letter to the prime minister.
“I am unable to understand whether
this is an unintentional mistake or a deliberate attempt by the
bureaucracy?”, Abraham Mathai says in his letter to the Prime
Minister.
Urging the Prime Minister to take
measures for immediate correction, Abraham Mathai says, “Not having
the separate column to identify one’s religion in the census form
would mean that we are denying their existence in the country. Hence
I request you to take measures so that the mistake is corrected and
separate column for religion is included in the Census 2011 form.”
India, one the world’s largest
countries in terms of population, has Census every ten years. The
Census 2011 will be India’s 15th census since 1872. It will cost the
government Rs.2,209 crore and witness engagement of 2.5 million
people.
The census 2011 will mark a milestone
as the government also intends to create the National Population
Register (NPR), a comprehensive identity database that will
facilitate the creation of a biometrics-based identity system in the
country, allowing identity cards for all citizens.
Also, for the first time information will be collected on categories
like the ownership of mobile phones, computers, internet, having
treated or untreated drinking water facility, and finger prints and
photographs of individuals which will help the government formulate
plans and strengthen the country’s security.
The first phase, called the house listing and housing census, will
be conducted between April and July this year.
The second phase, called the population enumeration, will be
conducted simultaneously all over the country Feb 9-28, 2011.
Spread across 35 states and union territories, the census would
cover 640 districts, 5,767 tehsils, 7,742 towns and more than
600,000 villages.
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