(a) whether caste based census is being conducted by the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of the agencies that have been entrusted with the work of caste based census;
(d) the present status thereof; and
(e) the time limit for completing this census work?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS(SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b): In pursuance to Government decision, a Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) is
being carried out throughout the country. The field work for the Socio-Economic and
Caste Census (SECC) is being conducted by the respective State/UT Governments. The
financial and technical support for this exercise is being provided by the Government
of India. The Nodal Ministries in the Government of India are the Ministry of Rural
Development and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Technical support
is being provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of Registrar General and Census
Commissioner, India).
The field data-collection in each Enumeration Block is being conducted by a team of
2 persons, an enumerator who is appointed by the State/UT Government and a Data Entry
Operator who is handling the Tablet PC for data entry operation.
(c): The tasks related to hardware and software development and field data entry
operations has been entrusted to a consortium of three Central Public Sector Undertakings,
namely, the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), the Electronics Corporation of India Limited
(ECIL) and the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Limited. The State-wise allotment is given
in the Annexure.
(d) & (e): The SECC field work has already been completed in 29 States/ UTs and is
in progress in the remaining States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, West Bengal,
Jharkhand and Maharashtra. Regular liaison with the nodal agencies of the concerned
State Governments is being conducted by the nodal Ministries in the Central Government
for completion of the field-work. Based on the feed-back from the State Governments,
the field-work of the SECC is likely to be over by March 2013.
After the data has been collected in the Hand Held Devices (HHDs) from the field,
the Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India would process the
caste data and hand over the details of the castes/tribes returns to the proposed
Expert Group to be constituted by the Central Government in consultation with the
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for
categorization and classification.
Annexure
Name of State/UT Nodal CPSU
Chandigarh BEL D&NH BEL Daman & Diu BEL Puducherry BEL Tripura BEL Haryana BEL Punjab ITI Andhra Pradesh ECIL Chhattisgarh BEL Goa ITI Himachal Pradesh ITI Karnataka BEL Nagaland ECIL Rajasthan BEL Sikkim ECIL Uttarakhand ITI Madhya Pradesh ITI Maharashtra BEL Orissa ECIL Meghalaya ITI Arunachal Pradesh ITI Assam ECIL Bihar ECIL Delhi ITI Gujarat BEL J&K ITI West Bengal ECIL A&N Islands ECIL Jharkhand ECIL Lakshadweep ITI Mizoram ECIL Kerala ITI Manipur BEL Tamil Nadu BEL Uttar Pradesh ITI