-The Hindu Although the SECC’s objectives are not likely to be met, it is a big step towards providing accurate information on the well-being of the people. The release of data for rural households from the Socio Economic and Caste census (SECC) is only the latest step in India’s tortured history of trying to count its poor. The idea behind the SECC was technocratic. Commissioned by the United Progressive Alliance in 2011,...
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Socio Economic & Caste census 2011: A mobile in 2 of every 3 rural homes, a salaried job in 1 of 10 -Ruhi Tewar
-The Indian Express Illiteracy high in Bihar, Rajasthan; income low in Karnataka, MP; families largest in UP Over two out of every three rural households own a mobile phone, the Socio Economic and Caste census 2011 has found. At the same time, 36 per cent of rural Indians are illiterate, only 10 per cent households have someone with a salaried job and only 8 per cent households earn Rs 10,000 or more...
More »Govt okays Rs 950-cr scheme to untangle NPR-Aadhaar mess -Aloke Tikku
-Hindustan Times The government has cleared a Rs 950-crore plan to untangle the Aadhaar-national population register jumble inherited from the UPA government. The census commissioner, tasked with creating NPR, will conduct a nationwide door-to-door survey over the next one year to link the population database with the 12-digit unique identification number, better known as Aadhaar. Home minister Rajnath Singh approved the plan in June-end, sources said. At each stop, enumerators — who will...
More »Landlessness is higher among Dalits but more adivasis are ‘deprived’ -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express The SECC has identified 14 parameters of exclusion. Fulfilling even one of them would result in a household being treated as non-deprived. Adivasis or Scheduled Tribes are the most deprived among rural households in India, despite their suffering much lower levels of landlessness and dependence on manual casual labour compared to the Dalits or Scheduled Castes. According to the results of the Socio Economic and Caste census 2011, nearly...
More »Urban surge at the cost of rural folks -Sruthisagar Yamunan & B Kolappan
-The Hindu Chennai: Even as Tamil Nadu forges ahead in urbanisation, income levels of rural households present a bleak picture, reveals the Socio Economic and Caste census 2011. The provisional data released on Friday reiterate the fact that the State is the frontrunner as far as urbanisation is concerned. Of the total households, 42.47 per cent are urban - the highest among larger States in the country ahead of Gujarat and Maharashtra. While...
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