Socio-Economic Caste Census
Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011 is being carried out by all the States/Union Territories of India with the financial and technical support of the Government of India. The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) are the nodal Ministries in the Government of India for this combined exercise in rural and urban areas respectively. The Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India is rendering technical support. The SECC-2011 field enumeration is complete. However, caste data enumerated in SECC 2011 are not yet finalized. Central Government has constituted an Expert Group under the Chairmanship of Shri Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairperson, NITI AAYOG, to classify the Caste names mentioned in the Socio Economic and Caste Census, 2011. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to a question by Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad and Smt. Kanak Lata Singh in the Rajya Sabha today.
