Question : Socio Economic and Caste Census

(a) whether it is a fact that the data of Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC)- 2011 has been provided by the Registrar General of India (RGI) to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the said data has been made public;

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether there has been a mistake in the data of caste census provided by RGI to the above Ministry and also it is not up to the mark, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the action taken in this regard; and

(e) the details of funds allocated, sanctioned and disbursed for conducting of Caste Census-2011 and the further amount likely to be spent on correction of the data?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *245 FOR 13.03.2018.

(a) to (c): Madam; the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011 was conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) in rural areas and the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) in urban areas.
The SECC data excluding the caste data has been finalized and published by MoRD and HUPA in 2016. The caste data has been handed over to ORGI for processing, whereafter it is to be submitted to the Expert Group to be formed under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog for classification and categorization. The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment being the nodal Ministry is taking further action in the matter.

(d): Certain errors have been observed during the processing of caste data. The State Governments /UTs have been consulted to make necessary corrections.
(e): The SECC-2011 was conducted with the approved cost of Rs. 4893.60 crore.



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