Backward courses account for 56.33% of Telangana’s inhabitants, in accordance with information launched on Sunday from the state’s Socio Financial, Academic, Employment, Political, and Caste (SEEEPC) survey, which has been tabled earlier than a Cupboard sub-committee.
Scheduled Castes account for 17.43% of the inhabitants and Scheduled Tribes account for 10.45%, in accordance with the survey. Different castes (OC) make up 15.79% of the inhabitants.
In absolute numbers, the backward courses (BC) inhabitants of the state is 1,64,09,179. The SC inhabitants is 61,84,319 and ST inhabitants is 37,05,929. The full variety of OC individuals within the state stands at 44,21,115.
The Muslim inhabitants within the state, in accordance with the survey, is 44,57,012, out of which 35,76,588 are BC Muslims. BC Muslims make up 10.08% of the inhabitants and OC Muslims account for two.48%.
The SEEEPC coated 96.9% of households in Telangana in a span of fifty days, state minister Uttam Kumar Reddy mentioned at a press convention in Hyderabad on Sunday. The announcement was made after a gathering between ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy, D Seethakka, Ponnam Prabhakar and Damodar Raja Narasimha.
The survey was performed by deploying 94,863 enumerators and 9,628 supervisors throughout 94,261 enumeration blocks. A complete of 76,000 information entry operators digitised the data inside 36 days. It was undertaken by the state’s planning division after a decision to that impact was handed within the state Meeting on February 4, 2024. The findings will “assist refine welfare schemes, enhance job alternatives, and uplift weaker sections”, in accordance with the federal government.
The caste survey was one of many guarantees made by the Congress in Telangana in its election manifesto in 2023. The Congress swept to energy that yr, defeating the regional Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) within the Meeting election.
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Talking on the press convention, Uttam Kumar Reddy mentioned that as compared with Bihar, the place an analogous survey was undertaken, Telangana’s course of was easy and environment friendly. He mentioned Bihar’s survey took six months and Rs 500 crore to finish.
“It’s a historic day for social justice in Telangana. The finished report stands as a milestone that may redefine governance and policy-making within the state,” Reddy mentioned.
He introduced that the report can be introduced earlier than the Cupboard on February 4. It’ll later be put up for a brief dialogue within the Meeting on the identical day.
“This marks a major step in direction of data-driven governance, fulfilling a significant promise made by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi throughout the 2023 Telangana Meeting elections. The Congress authorities, led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, have now laid the inspiration for welfare insurance policies primarily based on real-time socio-economic information,” Uttam Kumar Reddy mentioned.
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BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar mentioned the survey is a “golden chapter within the historical past of Telangana as a result of massive swaths of individuals participated in it, displaying belief within the Congress authorities”.
The survey did face hurdles alongside its manner. “Among the many key operational challenges had been that 1.03 lakh homes had been discovered locked, 1.68 lakh households had been initially hesitant to take part, and 84,137 homes had been misclassified as a consequence of non-residential utilization or occupants being non-Telangana residents,” Uttam Kumar Reddy mentioned.
