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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt likely to club BPL survey with caste census by Ravish Tiwari

Govt likely to club BPL survey with caste census by Ravish Tiwari

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published Published on Mar 12, 2011   modified Modified on Mar 12, 2011
With political parties across the spectrum asking the government to conduct a socio-economic survey of different communities, the government is considering clubbing the below poverty line (BPL) survey with the caste census.

“A recent meeting between the Rural Development Ministry and the Registrar General of India (RGI) explored the possibility of carrying out the BPL survey along with the caste census as an alternative to the community wise socio-economic survey,” a government functionary told The Indian Express.

The meeting took place days after MPs across the political parties pressed for conducting a socio-economic survey along with caste enumeration promised by the government last year.

The demand was raised by senior leaders such as Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav, Lalu Prasad and HD Deve Gowda among others in the Lok Sabha a day after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced while presenting the Budget that the caste census would be conducted between June and September.

“We have got the sense of the House. All the suggestions will be carefully considered and appropriate decisions will be taken,” Chidambaram had said in the Lok Sabha.

“I requested Sharad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav and any other who is interested that what ingredients you want to be put in the format for which the caste census will be operated. Kindly prepare it and hand it over to us and we will look into those aspects,” Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had also assured.

The move holds significance as the BPL survey holds the key to various targeted welfare programmes of the government. In fact, the BPL survey will also hold the key to effective implementation of the proposed food guarantee legislation.

More so, clubbing the BPL survey with the caste census would mean a timely compilation of BPL statistics given that several states have yet not provided full details of the previous survey of 2002.

The issue was also discussed in a high-level meeting of senior ministers — Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram, CP Joshi (Rural Development), Veerappa Moily (Law) and Mallikarjun Kharge (Labour) — called by the Prime Minister during the winter session. The Prime Minister was learnt to have suggested further consultations on the subject.

Subsequently, Joshi called on Chidambaram for his guidance regarding his ministry’s idea of conducting a BPL survey along with a caste census.

While the Home Minister did not commit clubbing the two, he had assured all possible assistance for the BPL survey, sources said.

Subsequently, the Rural Development Ministry made a presentation to C Rangarajan, chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.

The Rural Development Ministry had mooted clubbing the BPL survey with the caste census after it realised that it would be difficult for the government to conduct a separate BPL survey as the Right to Education Act barred engaging teachers other than poll and census-related duties.

The Indian Express, 11 March, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-likely-to-club-bpl-survey-with-caste-census/760902/0


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