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Date: Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 9:57 PM
Subject: [untouchabilityeradicationfront] Caste and Census discussed at IGNOU
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Caste and Census discussed at IGNOU
March 09, 2011 6:24:56 PM
The Indira Gandhi National Open University's (IGNOU) Dr BR Ambedkar Chair (BRAC) on Social Change and Development hosted a seminar on `Caste and the Census', the pros and cons of including and not including Caste in the census, methods that can be used and have been used that affect this social reality, at the Convention Centre of the university in the Capital.
The two day seminar had four sessions in all. The sessions talked about the census under colonialism, importance of accurate data on caste, deficiencies of existing data and problems of the plan proposed by the Government.
The valedictory session towards the end had recommendations from the panel of experts.
"Caste remains a pervasive reality of Indian society, yet the Government has not gathered systematic data in the Census on this since independence. In order to formulate policies and programmes to move towards a Casteless society, information about its characteristics, changing forms, inter-Caste marriages and the degree to which it may be lessening is necessary," said Dr Gail Omvedt, BRAC Professor at IGNOU.
"Even today this problem is not solved. The Govern-ment has finally agreed to include an enumeration of Caste, but has segregated this from the regular Census in a way which will not provide the required information. Because of this illusory move forward, the BRAC for Social Change and Development has decided to hold a seminar on Caste and the Census," she added.
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Palash Biswas
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