National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) Chairman Dr Bhagwan Lal Sahni mentioned on Friday that the caste-based census is a reliable demand and can assist in formulating higher insurance policies.
Sahni mentioned that many organizations have met him relating to this demand and he has knowledgeable the involved authorities in regards to the matter.
This authorities has to behave now, he informed reporters in Patna.
“The caste census will definitely assist the coverage makers to formulate focused welfare insurance policies for the backward castes…. I personally really feel that if this occurs then it is going to be simple for the federal government to understand how many individuals belong to which caste and what needs to be carried out for them.
In the caste-based census, the small print of individuals belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes moreover Other Backward Classes (OBC) will probably be taken.
Sawhney mentioned that many political events have began demanding caste smart census of the nation’s inhabitants.
Several political events have raised the demand for such a census forward of subsequent 12 months’s meeting elections in numerous states, together with Uttar Pradesh.
The solely caste based mostly census within the nation was performed in 1931.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
