Will Call All-Party Meet To Discuss Caste-Based Census: Bihar CM
Mumbai: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the state government would soon be calling an all-party meeting to discuss caste-based census in the state.
Briefing media persons in Patna, Kumar said, “We will soon call an all-party meeting to discuss the caste-based census. We want to do it so that all political parties reach a consensus and the state government will make an announcement based on the consensus.”
Earlier on Tuesday, the Center had said that it has not enumerated the population on the basis of castes other than scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the post-independence census.
In reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said that the castes and tribes which are specifically notified as Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) as per the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, as amended from time to time, are enumerated in the decadal Census.
Rai said the Center has not enumerated the population on the basis of a caste other than SCs and STs in the census since independence. The Census Schedule has been prepared in consultation with various stakeholders including Central Ministries. The intention of the government to conduct the Census 2021 was notified in the Gazette of India on 28 March 2019.
However, due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the Census activities have been postponed.
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