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Census 2021 to collect OBC data, use maps
News:
- Census 2021 to collect OBC data for the first time.
Introduction:
- Census 2021 will for the first time collect data on Other Backward Classes
- Use of maps/geo-referencing will be considered in the process.
- The correct data will help to get the correct perspective on their social status such as which community has developed as which has not.
- No explanation was given on reservation for undeveloped community.
- The 2011 caste data collected as part of the Socio-economic Caste Census (SECC) is yet to be released.
- Technological improvement and innovation are required to expedite the process.
- Home Ministry has also focused on improvement on registration of birth and death in remote areas.
- Strengthening registration system for estimating the data on mortality rate, maternal mortality rate and fertility rate.
- There are 2,479 entries on the Central list of the OBCs as per the National Commission on Backward Classes.
- For new data house listing will start in 2020 and headcount in 2021.
- 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]
- Home Ministry has said the data collected in 2021 will be stored electronically. Currently it is stored in a physical form.
