-The Telegraph New Delhi: A new survey has shown that one in every two rural households is eligible for targeted government aid - a significant jump from two earlier estimates of those entitled to blanket benefits. The provisional socio-economic and caste census (SECC) data released by finance minister Arun Jaitley show that almost half the 17.91-crore households in rural India may be considered under various targeted welfare schemes, depending on their specific...
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SECC reveals two Indias, but government refuses to disclose caste data -Iftikhar Gilani
-DNA OBCs make upto 66.48% of the total 17.92 crore rural households – much higher than 54% decided by the Mandal Commission in 1980 Even as the Union government shied away from releasing the caste data collected in 2011, the rural socio-economic survey data put out on Friday speaks of two Indias – that of the affluent and the poor. Around 73 % of the country's people live in villages, with the...
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-TheWire.com The first of its kind since 1932, results from the Socio Economic and Caste Census launched in 2011 were flagged off today by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. While the socio-economic data has been made public, the more sensitive – and, in some cases, telling – caste data has been placed for discussion before Parliament, according to Jaitley. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Census 2011 data released: 10 key highlights
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday released the socio-economic and caste census (SECC) 2011 and said that it would be an important input for policy makers. Here are some key points from the census report: 1. This is the first caste census done in Independent India. 2. The last caste census in India happened in 1932. 3. Just 4.6% of all rural households in the country pay income tax. 4....
More »73 per cent of households live in rural India -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu Census shows that the bulk of rural households subsist on very low incomes Around 73 per cent of households in India are rural, according to the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data released by the government on Friday. Of these, 18.5 per cent and scheduled caste households and 11 per cent belong to the scheduled tribe category. The SECC, jointly released by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Rural Development,...
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