Consider the following about Socio-Economic Caste Census:
Which of the above statements is/are correct
2 and 3 only
The purpose of SECC is to help preparing BPL list and identifying beneficiaries for welfare schemes. Preparing general demographic information: age, gender, religion, occupation, migration etc is function of Census.
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) are the nodal Ministries in the Government of India for this combined exercise in rural and urban areas respectively.
Total Excluded Households (based on fulfilling any of the 14 parameters of exclusion – i. motorized 2/3/4 wheeler/fishing boat; ii. Mechanized 3 – 4 wheeler agricultural equipment; iii. Kisan credit card with credit limit of over Rs. 50,000/-; iv. Household member government employee;
Automatically included (based on fulfilling any of the 5 parameters of inclusion – 1. Households without shelter; ii. Destitute, living on alms; iii. Manual scavenger families; iv. Primitive tribal groups; v. legally released bonded labour)
Rest of the households have been ranked on basis of 7 parameters of deprivation based on education, income, assets,etc.