(a) whether the Government has constituted the National Data Bank 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 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 VINCENT H PALA)
(a) and (b): As a follow up action on the Sachar Committee recommendations, the mandate to set up National Data Bank (NDB) was given to 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.