In a memorandum submitted to Union Rural Development Minister Birender Singh, the members picked flaws in the process of identifying welfare schemes beneficiaries.
"The clearly stated aim (of SECC) was to improve identification of beneficiaries of welfare schemes. Unfortunately, the process thus far has belied this hope and gives rise to concerns that the resulting identification of "the poor" will let down people of the country," they said.
Questioning how come state-of-the-art SECC report included eight crore mistakes, they sought to know nature of the flaws.
The group termed as the "most striking" the report's finding that majority of rural households earned less than Rs 5,000 monthly, and added it reinforced the argument for universalising the Centre's programmes for food security, employment, etc.
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On the process of data verification to be carried out by households and gram sabhas, they demanded special provisions need to be made to ensure most vulnerable sections such as single women, Dalits and Adivasis have access to details.
The members suggested that the Centre will do well to only exclude income tax payers and provide benefits to others. They urged the Centre to consider their views during policy formulation.
The memorandum was signed by parliamentarians T N Seema, P K Sreemathi and Jharna Das Baidya, CPI(M) Polit Bureau members Brinda Karat and Subhashini Ali, social activist Aruna Roy, AIDWA general secretary Jagmati Sangwan, and Kavita Krishnan of All India Progressive Women's Association among others.