(a) whether the Government has constituted the National Data Bank relating to
socio-religious communities as recommended by the Rajinder Sachar Committee report; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government has constituted the National Data Bank relating to
socio-religious communities as recommended by the Rajinder Sachar Committee report; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI NINONG ERING)
(a)& (b) : As a follow up action on the Sachar Committee recommendations, the
mandate to set up National Data Bank (NDB) was given to the Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation (MOSPI). Accordingly, the MOSPI has assigned the NDB
related works to the Social Statistics Division of the Central Statistical Organisation
with the Computer Centre of MOSPI by providing the necessary IT back up. MOSPI has
created a web portal with the objective of uploading all available data relating to
Socio-Religious Communities. So far 97 tables on population (Census 2011 and Census 2001)
have been uploaded on the website.