Caste-based census in Mumbai only from February 2011
Linah Baliga & Shubhangi Khapre / DNA
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:05 IST
Mumbai: The Centre's indication that it is open to a caste-based
census enumeration or to have a special column for other backward
classes (OBCs) on the census forms will, in all probability, not be
incorporated in the ongoing census exercise in Mumbai which kicked off
on May 1.
"All schedules were printed and supplied two months ago. If at all the
government decides on a caste-based enumeration, it can be conducted
only in February 2011, when the final count begins for all India,"
said Dr GT Ambe, city census officer.
In states like Goa and Delhi, census operations began on April 1 and
will end on May 15."So if one were to include a caste-based census
enumeration, it will be included between February 9 and 20 when the
all India census count begins. The census we are conducting now is to
get an estimate," Ambe said, adding that the columns for scheduled
caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) were already present on the forms.
This year, for the first time the door-to-door enumeration is being
clubbed with collecting data for unique identification cards (UIDs).
The 38,000 enumerators started going door-to-door from May 1 and will
continue until June 15. Each enumerator will cover 150 houses in 45
days.
Meanwhile, the caste-based census issue has caused some problems for
prime minister Manmohan Singh who gave the nod for a census for OBCs.
He is now confronted with challenges within the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA). Highly placed sources in the All India Congress
Committee (AICC) revealed, "We recognise there is no question of
reversing the process. The matter had come up in parliament where
members across party lines voiced support for the inclusion of a
column for the OBC category in the census exercise. Now that the prime
minister has given his consent, the next step will be to get it
unanimously passed in the union cabinet."
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