With the second phase of the caste based census underway in Bihar, the people of the state are starting to analyse its positives and negatives.
The ‘intellectual community’ believes that it has some loopholes like the sub-castes in the Extremely Backward Class (EBC), Other Backward Castes (OBC), Dalit and Muslim communities will be counted but there is no provision to count sub-castes in upper castes.
It has created suspicions in the minds of the people about the intentions of the , or this loophole being used for political purposes.
The first phase of the caste based census was completed in March this year where every house had a unique house code. The second phase kicked off from April 15 and will end in one month.
In the second phase, Bihar government employees will go to every house and ask 17 questions printed on one sheet. The same will also be uploaded digitally as well so that anyone can access it from the Internet.
The employees will ask the name of the family head, his/her father’s name, age, sex, marital status, religion, caste, sub-caste (In case of EBC, OBC, minority) followed by code, educational qualification, profession, residential status (Staying in own house or rent), temporary Migration status, owning computer, laptop, motor vehicles, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture land, residential land and income from all sources.