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Bihar to launch caste census from April 20
Thursday April 19, 2012 02:55:08 PM,
IANS
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Patna: Bihar is all
set to begin caste census from April 20 under a central government
scheme. It's a gigantic exercise undertaken across the country
after a gap of 80 years which will also identify households living
below poverty line (BPL) in the state, officials said here
Thursday.
Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra said the state
administration is fully ready to begin the much awaited caste
census from panchayats to district level.
Mishra said the state cabinet last week gave its approval for
socio-economic and caste census under a central government scheme.
A sum of Rs.189.23 crore will be spent for this purpose.
"The census would have the provision of automatic inclusion and
exclusion of families below poverty line (BPL)," Mishra said. It
would be completed in six months.
All the concerned district officials have been directed to take
the census work seriously, Mishra said. The state government has
also decided to use photography and videography during the
exercise.
Bihar will be the first state to employ such technology, Mishra
said, adding that it will be a paperless exercise to be carried
out with hand-held electronic devices developed by the Bharat
Electronic Development Corp.
It will drastically reduce data entry errors and enumerator
discretion.
The caste census is being conducted after eight decades. In the
general census undertaken every 10 years, only religious groups as
well as Dalits and tribals are enumerated.
The comprehensive caste census is conducted in the country for the
first time since independence, billed as Socio-Economic and Caste
Census (SECC).
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