"Caste census has revealed economic situation of everyone": Nitish Kumar
Bihar Government released caste survey data, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar congratulated the entire team engaged in the work of caste-based enumeration stating that the survey not only revealed the castes but also gave information about the economic condition of everyone.
The Bihar government released caste survey data, with the figures that have ramifications for the Lok Sabha polls next year, showing that Other Backward Caste (OBC) and Extremely Backward Class (EBC) together account for 63 per cent of the state's population.
«Today, on the auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the data of the caste-based census conducted in Bihar has been published.
Many congratulations to the entire team engaged in the work of caste-based enumeration!» Bihar CM posted on X (Formerly Twitter).
«The proposal for caste-based enumeration was passed unanimously in the Legislature.
It was decided with the consent of all 9 parties of the Bihar Assembly that the state government will conduct a caste-based census from its own resources and its approval was given by the Council of Ministers on June 6, 2022. On this basis, the state government has conducted caste-based census from its own resources,» he said.
«Caste-based census not only revealed the castes but also gave information about the economic condition of everyone. On the basis of this report, further action will be taken for the development and upliftment of all sections,» he added.
He further said that soon a meeting of the same 9 parties of Bihar Assembly will be called regarding the caste-based census conducted in Bihar and they will be informed about the results of the caste-based census.
RJD Chief Lalu Yadav also reacted to the caste survey report and called it a «historic
