Cabinet nod to simultaneous caste, religion, poverty census
Thursday May 19, 2011 02:46:48 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The government Thursday approved a proposal to conduct a survey
based on caste, religion and economic conditions that will help in
identifying people living below and above the poverty line with
their social backgrounds.
The proposed census was approved at the union cabinet meeting here
chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The survey is expected to begin June and will be wrapped up by
December, officials said.
Information on caste and religion will help in evaluating the
widely held belief that social and religious backgrounds had
limited economic opportunities for most Indians, they said.
The exercise will be carried out jointly by the rural and urban
development ministry and the Registrar General of India.
Census enumerators will distribute questionnaires regarding caste
and religion asking just two questions to respondents: What is
your caste and what is your religion.
But the enumeration of people on poverty line is a technical
process and would involve many questions like the number of family
members, daily income and expenses, sources said.
The poverty census was earlier carried out in 2002 in rural India
but it would be the first time this information, also from urban
areas, would be clubbed with data about caste and religion.
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