(a) whether any database relating to the socio-religious categories of the minorities exists/prepared
in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the steps taken by the Union Government to constitute a National Data Bank on Socio-Religious
Categories; and
(d) the amount likely to be spent on the creation of such data bank ?
MINSITER OF THE STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE), IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL AND STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENATION
(SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)
(a) Data on social group and religion are being collected in the Population Censuses conducted by
Registrar General of India and sample surveys conduced by the National Sample Survey Organization.
These data provide some information of minorities in the country. A web page (mospi.gov.in/national
_data_bank/index.htm) for a National Data Bank has been created in the Ministry’s website (mospi.gov.in)
and links to various available reports on Socio-Religious Categories (SRCs) have been provided.
(b) The reports already available and linked with the National Data Bank web pages are:
a. Tables from Census 2001 giving data for various religious groups
b. National Sample Survey reports dealing with social and religious groups from different surveys
(c) The National Data Bank web page has been created with available survey reports from National Sample
Surveys and Population Census.
(d) So far no separate funds have been allocated and existing resources are being used for the creation
of National Data Bank web pages.