Census 2021 to collect OBC data, use maps

Census 2021 to collect OBC data, use maps

News:

  1. Census 2021 to collect OBC data for the first time.

Introduction:

  1. Census 2021 will for the first time collect data on Other Backward Classes
  2. Use of maps/geo-referencing will be considered in the process.
  3. The correct data will help to get the correct perspective on their social status such as which community has developed as which has not.
  4. No explanation was given on reservation for undeveloped community.
  5. The 2011 caste data collected as part of the Socio-economic Caste Census (SECC) is yet to be released.
  6. Technological improvement and innovation are required to expedite the process.
  7. Home Ministry has also focused on improvement on registration of birth and death in remote areas.
  8. Strengthening registration system for estimating the data on mortality rate, maternal mortality rate and fertility rate.
  9. There are 2,479 entries on the Central list of the OBCs as per the National Commission on Backward Classes.
  10. For new data house listing will start in 2020 and headcount in 2021.
  11. Some important Facts:
  • Census Organization was set up on an ad-hoc basis till 1951
  • In 1948 census act was enacted.
  • As per the 2011 Census, the country’s population is 1.21 billion, almost equal to the combined population of the U.S., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together [1214.3 million]
  1. Home Ministry has said the data collected in 2021 will be stored electronically. Currently it is stored in a physical form.
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