Finance Ministry to release first ever caste census today
July 03, 2015 10:16
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will release the first caste-based census at North Block today.
The finance ministry will tap into the data from the socio-economic and caste census to identify beneficiary and expand the direct benefit transfer scheme as part of its plans to build upon the JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile number) trinity.
The census was launched in 2011 and compiled data till 2013 on rural households on parameters such as sources of income and assets.
The data is collected through door to door enumeration of households and is used for targeting of government policies, according to a report in The Indian Express.
The Economic Survey 2014 as well as the Union Budget 2015-16 discussed the JAM trinity and its ability to improve transfer of subsidies by cutting down on leakages.
The finance ministry will tap into the data from the socio-economic and caste census to identify beneficiary and expand the direct benefit transfer scheme as part of its plans to build upon the JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile number) trinity.
The census was launched in 2011 and compiled data till 2013 on rural households on parameters such as sources of income and assets.
The data is collected through door to door enumeration of households and is used for targeting of government policies, according to a report in The Indian Express.
The Economic Survey 2014 as well as the Union Budget 2015-16 discussed the JAM trinity and its ability to improve transfer of subsidies by cutting down on leakages.
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