Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday revealed that the work on caste-based census will begin quickly because the General Administrative Department, which has been given the cost of conducting the train, will take at the least a month to arrange the groundwork. The ‘Jaati Aadharit Ganana’ train bought an official clearance from the Bihar cupboard on Thursday, a day after the important thing determination was taken in an all-party meet headed by CM Nitish Kumar. The state cupboard has authorized Rs 500 crore from the Bihar Contingency Fund in an effort to conduct this train.
“Decisions have been made on caste-based census and the department is already preparing for it. That’ll take almost a month but will start the work soon. We’ll keep informing parties about it and take suggestions from them. This is in favour of all communities,” Kumar advised reporters right this moment, as per information company ANI.
The socio-economic train, as soon as carried out, will assist the state authorities chart out beneficiaries from totally different castes based mostly on their earnings, amongst many different parameters. Armed with knowledge from the census, it can additional help them in designing totally different schemes concentrating on the poor and the underprivileged. The census can be performed at district ranges with the District Magistrate overseeing the train of their respective districts. The Bihar authorities has set an formidable goal of finishing the intensive statewide program by February, 2023.
The DMs are additionally empowered to direct staff in a number of departments on the village, panchayat and district stage to conduct the census. The train will keep in mind caste and sub-castes of all religions.
After the most important determination was taken at an all-party meet, Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of Bihar Opposition from RJ(D), requested the Modi authorities, which has been hesitant to go forward with a caste-based census on the Centre, to offer crucial monetary assist to the state in an effort to conduct the census.
While the Centre had argued in entrance of the Supreme Court final yr {that a} nationwide caste-based survey is administratively not viable, Nitish Kumar has, again and again, requested ally BJP to conduct a caste-based survey within the nation “at least once.”
After a 10-party assembly final yr with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kumar had advised reporters, “PM Modi listened to our demand for a caste census and we hope he will consider it. He has not denied our demand so far. We have asked him to take a decision.”
“It is a crucial issue and we have been seeking this for long. It if works out, that nothing could be better than that. Moreover, it would be not just for Bihar, people in the whole country will benefit from this. It should be done at least once”, Kumar additional added.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”