The Social Justice and Empowerment (SJ&E) Ministry on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that enumeration of data of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) was “administratively complex” and the information was incomplete and inaccurate.
In response to a question by YSRCP’s Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Minister of State for SJ&E Pratima Bhoumik said the government had not made a formal request to the Home Ministry for a headcount of the OBC population to be added to the Census in the past five years.
Asked what the reason for the decision was, the Minister’s written reply stated: “The Census Act, 1948 does not have a provision for enumeration of the OBCs. Also enumeration of OBC data is administratively complex and the information lacks completeness and accuracy since the State and Central list of OBCs are distinct.”
