Caste Based Survey will be Conducted in Rajasthan

• 11 Oct 2023

Why In News?

According to the information given by the Information and Public Relations Department of Rajasthan on October 7, 2023, the state government will conduct a caste-based survey in the state with its own resources. In the survey, information and data will be collected regarding the social, economic and educational level of all the citizens of the state.

Key Points:

• In compliance with the decision of the State Cabinet, an order in this regard has been issued by Dr. Samit Sharma, Government Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment Department.
• The state government will conduct a special study and implement special welfare measures and schemes to improve the condition of backwardness of the classes. This will improve the standard of living of all sections.
• The survey will be carried out by the Planning (Economic and Statistics) Department as the nodal department. Besides, all the District Collectors will be able to take the services of subordinate personnel of various departments at the Municipality, City Council, Municipal Corporation, Village and Panchayat level for the survey.
• A questionnaire will be prepared by the nodal department for this work. In this, all those subjects will be mentioned, from which complete information about the social, economic and educational level of every person can be obtained.
• The information and data obtained from the survey will be online. For this, a separate special software and mobile app will be created by the Information Technology and Communication Department.