{"id":12208,"date":"2021-05-09T13:11:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T07:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=12208"},"modified":"2025-02-24T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:22:21","slug":"caste-based-census-and-its-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/caste-based-census-and-its-implications\/","title":{"rendered":"CASTE BASED CENSUS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caste_Based_Census_and_its_Implication\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Caste Based Census and its Implication<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">(Relevant for Sociology Syllabus Paper 2)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" 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Census\">\u00a0Introduction: Caste Based Census<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/caste-based-census-and-its-implications\/#What_was_the_view_after_Independence\" title=\"What was the view after Independence?\">What was the view after Independence?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/caste-based-census-and-its-implications\/#How_have_caste_particulars_been_collected_up_to_now\" title=\"How have caste particulars been collected up to now?\">How have caste particulars been collected up to now?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/caste-based-census-and-its-implications\/#What_about_SECC_2011\" title=\"What about SECC 2011?\">What about SECC 2011?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/caste-based-census-and-its-implications\/#What_is_the_authorized_crucial_for_a_caste_depend\" title=\"What is the authorized crucial for a caste depend?\">What is the authorized crucial for a caste depend?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25960 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Untitled-design-26.png\" alt=\"Caste Based Census and its Implication by Vikash Ranjan sir at Triumph IAS, UPSC Sociology Optional \" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Untitled-design-26.png 1080w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Untitled-design-26-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Untitled-design-26-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Untitled-design-26-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Untitled-design-26-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_Introduction_Caste_Based_Census\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u00a0Introduction: Caste Based Census<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The story up to now:<\/strong>\u00a0The Tamil Nadu authorities has determined to nominate\u00a0a commission to formulate a methodology to collect caste-wise particulars\u00a0of its inhabitants and use that to provide you with a report. It is not clear if this will contain a full headcount of all members of each caste, or whether or not it is higher described as a \u2018survey\u2019 than a \u2018census\u2019. The Centre carried out a\u00a0\u2018Socio-Economic Caste Census\u2019 (SECC)\u00a0in 2011 all through the nation, nevertheless it didn\u2019t make public the caste part of the findings. In Karnataka, the\u00a0outcome of a similar exercise has not been disclosed\u00a0to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Is assortment of caste particulars a part of the census?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Caste was amongst the particulars collected by enumerators throughout the decennial Census of India till 1931. It was given up in 1941, a yr during which the census operation was partially affected by World War II. In his report on the 1941 train, then Census Commissioner of India, M.W.M. Yeatts, indicated that tabulation of caste particulars individually concerned further prices. \u201cThe sanctioned tabulation for British India does not cover caste, but even had the full course been taken, there would have been no all-India caste table. Even in 1931, it was severely limited due to financial reasons; the time is past for this enormous and costly table\u2026,\u201d he wrote. However, at the time of sorting the particulars, some provinces or States that needed a caste file for administrative causes got some knowledge on cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Has there been criticism of together with caste in the census?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The principal argument in opposition to taking caste particulars of people is that it\u00a0tends to perpetuate the caste system. J.H. Hutton, the Census Commissioner in 1931, notes that on the event of every successive census since 1901, some criticism had been raised about taking any word of the reality of caste. \u201cIt has been alleged that the mere act of labelling persons as belonging to a caste tends to perpetuate the system,\u201d he writes. However, he rejects the criticism, arguing that there is nothing incorrect in recording a reality, and ignoring its existence would be ostrich-like.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_view_after_Independence\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">What was the view after Independence?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">R.A. Gopalaswami, the first Indian Registrar-General of unbiased India, stated in the 1951 report: \u201cThe 1951 census was\u00a0not\u00a0[emphasis in the original] to concern itself with questions regarding castes, races and tribes, except insofar as the necessary statistical material related to \u2018special groups\u2019 and certain other material relating to backward classes collected and made over to the Backward Classes Commission.\u201d \u2018Special Groups\u2019 has been defined as referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Anglo-Indians and sure castes handled provisionally as \u2018backward\u2019 for the functions of the census. This implies that BC knowledge had been collected, however not compiled or revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_have_caste_particulars_been_collected_up_to_now\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">How have caste particulars been collected up to now?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">While SC\/ST particulars are collected as a part of the census, particulars of different castes are usually not collected by the enumerators. The important technique is by self-declaration to the enumerator. So far, backward courses commissions in numerous States have been conducting their very own counts to determine the inhabitants of backward castes. The methodology could differ from State to State. Details out there about some commissions in the public area recommend that these panels use strategies like distribution of questionnaires, assembly with representatives of stakeholders, touring related areas and localities, and in some instances, comparable to the J.A. Ambasankar Commission in Tamil Nadu and the Venkataswamy Commission in Karnataka<strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0door-to-door enumeration.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_about_SECC_2011\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">What about SECC 2011?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011 was a main train to acquire knowledge about the socio-economic standing of varied communities. Even although there may be an overlap in the dataset of SECC 2011 with that of the census taken that yr, the findings may be markedly completely different. The basic census is carried out in a small window of a month, whereas the caste census is carried out over a longer time frame, and there is a whole lot of revision and correction. The SECC 2011 had two parts: a survey of the rural and city households and rating of those households primarily based on pre-set parameters, and a caste census. However, solely the particulars of the financial circumstances of the individuals in rural and city households had been launched. The caste knowledge haven\u2019t been launched until now. While a exact cause is but to be disclosed, it is surmised that the knowledge had been considered too politically delicate. Fear of antagonising dominant and highly effective castes that will discover that their projected power in the inhabitants is not as excessive as claimed could be an necessary cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_authorized_crucial_for_a_caste_depend\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">What is the authorized crucial for a caste depend?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Over the final 20 years, the Supreme Court has been elevating questions on the foundation for reservation ranges being excessive in numerous States. In explicit, it has laid down that there ought to be quantifiable knowledge to justify the presence of a caste in the backward class listing, in addition to proof of its under-representation in companies. It has additionally referred to as for periodical assessment of community-wise lists in order that the advantages don\u2019t perpetually go in favour of a few castes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Many neighborhood leaders argue that understanding the exact variety of the inhabitants of every caste would assist tailor the reservation coverage to make sure equitable illustration of all of them. In the case of Tamil Nadu, the State authorities has stated acquiring quantifiable knowledge is needed for the safety of its 69% reservation coverage. While acquiring related and correct knowledge could be the main achieve from a caste census, the risk that it will result in heartburn amongst some sections and spawn calls for for bigger or separate quotas from teams discovered to be vital in quantity is a potential pitfall. 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