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New Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
IEWG to submit report on caste survey soon
HYDERABAD: The Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG) has finalised its comprehensive report on the Social, Education, Economic, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) survey conducted by the state government. The IEWG, which met at the MCHRD Institute under the chairmanship of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy, finalised the report on Wednesday. The group said that the report, employing a pioneering framework, calculates a Composite Backwardness Index (CBI) for each of the 242 castes in the SEEEPC survey. 'The report, spanning nearly 300 pages, presents a first-of-its-kind analytical model to measure socioeconomic backwardness and assigns a CBI score and rank for all 242 castes. The report is now awaiting final editorial touches and will be ready within a week,' it said. The group has also intimated Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka about this and sought time to formally hand over the report. Speaking to TNIE, IEWG convenor Praveen Chakravarthy said that they have thoroughly analysed the SEEEPC survey data, and given scores and ranks based on backwardness to each of the 242 castes. 'Every caste will get a score on its backwardness. It is for the first time that such an exercise has been taken up in the country. It will completely change the welfare parameters in the country. Telangana will be a role model for the entire nation in this regard,' he added.
Hans India
a day ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Caste survey report finalised, set for govt submission
Hyderabad: The Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG) has finalised its comprehensive report, following an in-depth analysis and interpretation of the Telangana State Government's SEEEPC (Social, Education, Employment, Economic, Political, Caste) survey, commonly referred to as the Caste Survey, and is set to submit it within a week. According to the IEWG, led by Retd Justice B Sudarshan Reddy, the nearly 300-page report presents a first-of-its-kind analytical model designed to measure socio-economic backwardness, assigning a Composite Backwardness Index (CBI) score and rank for each of the 242 castes identified in the survey. The report is now undergoing final editorial touches and will be ready for handover shortly. The Group has already intimated Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka about the completion of their task and has sought a time to formally hand over the report. During a media briefing following its final meeting at the MCR HRD institute, Convenor Praveen Chakravarthy and Vice Chairman Kancha Ilaiah explained that the CBI assigns a backwardness score to each of the 242 caste groups listed in the Telangana SEEEPC survey. They elaborated, 'For the first time, we have developed an objective statistical method to calculate how backward each caste is relative to the other castes. It's only relative to the other 242 castes. To put it in simple terms, it is a backwardness ranking of all the 242 castes. This is done using parameters from the caste census.' The IEWG, tasked with studying, verifying, analysing, and interpreting the SEEEPC Survey data conducted by the Telangana Government in November/December 2024, included members such as Prof Shantha Sinha, Dr Sukhadeo Thorat, Dr Himanshu, Nikhil Dey, Prof Bhangya Bhukya, Prof K Purushottam Reddy, Sandeep Kumar Sultania (Principal Secretary Planning and Finance), and Anudeep Durishetty (Secretary to the IEWG).
