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New Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Panel to develop composite backwardness index for Telangana's sub-castes using survey data
HYDERABAD: In a major step toward evidence-based policymaking, the Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG) chaired by Justice B Sudarshan Reddy has decided to formulate a Composite Backwardness Index for each of Telangana's 243 sub-castes. The index will be based on data from the state's comprehensive Social, Education, Economic, Employment, Political, Caste Survey (SEEEPC), which covered 3.55 crore individuals. At its fourth meeting held on Thursday at the Constitution Club in New Delhi, the IEWG revealed that 73 sub-castes account for 96% of Telangana's population. These include 10 SC groups, seven ST groups, 45 BC groups and 11 OC groups. The index aims to provide a data-driven measure of each sub-caste's backwardness, drawing from 43 parameters under seven categories: social, education, living standards, occupation, income, movable & immovable assets and access to banking and finance. Panel to submit report soon The group confirmed that statistical and data analysis have been completed, and members reached consensus on the methodology, parameters, graphical representation and key findings of the Index. The next phase will involve drafting the report, which is expected to be submitted to the state government within a month. The final report will provide an ordinal ranking of each sub-caste's backwardness, as well as individual rankings across the seven parameter categories. The IEWG also recommended that the government develop a natural language interface powered by AI to make the anonymised SEEEPC dataset accessible to researchers for further analysis. It may be recalled that the state government had earlier conducted the SEEEPC survey, covering 3.55 crore individuals and collecting data across 75 fields for each person — spanning social, economic, educational, identity, occupational, and living conditions. The survey enumerated individuals across 243 sub-castes, with additional options for 'No Caste' (for those who chose not to disclose) and 'Others' (for those not listed in the enumeration manual).
Hans India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Expert Group to submit report on caste survey by next month
Hyderabad: The State government's Expert Group will formulate a 'Composite Backwardness Index' (CBI) using the caste census data to measure disparities across 243 sub-castes. An Expert Working Group under the Chairmanship of Justice Sudarshan Reddy will study, analyse and interpret the data collected under the Social Education Employment Economic Political Caste (SEEEPC) Survey of 2024. The group consists of nine full-time members and other special invitees with expertise in sociology, caste studies, history, policy, law, economics, statistics and other domains who are working in an honorary capacity to prepare a report of their findings of the SEEEPC survey. After the first three meetings held in Hyderabad, the fourth meeting of the Expert Group was held in New Delhi on Thursday at the Constitution Club. The Telangana 2024 SEEEPC exercise is a robust survey of 3.55 crore people with 75 fields of information about each person covering social, economic, educational, identity, occupational and living aspects of their daily lives. It enumerates people across 243 sub-castes and an option of 'No Caste' for those that do not wish to divulge and 'Others' for those that do not fall into any of the sub-castes listed in the enumeration manual. The Expert Group will move to the next phase of the drafting of the report and expects to submit the report to the State government in a month's time. The report will present as ordinal ranking of relative backwardness of each sub-caste based on the CBI score as well as ranking of each sub-caste on each of the seven categories and parameters used for evaluation. The Expert Group has also recommended that the government provide a natural language interface using Artificial Intelligence to the SEEEPC dataset in aggregate form without revealing any household specific information and make it available for further analysis for the larger research fraternity.
Fashion Network
21-04-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
CAIT to host national conclave to oppose e-commerce, quick commerce
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) will host a national conclave titled 'Cruel face of quick commerce and e-commerce' on April 22 at the Constitution Club, New Delhi. The event will be organised in collaboration with the All-India Mobile Retailers Association and the All-India Consumer Products Distributors Federation. With this conclave, CAIT aims to bring together trade leaders, policy experts, economists, and stakeholders from across the nation to highlight unethical business practices, including predatory pricing, violation of FDI norms, and marginalisation of small retailers. Commenting on the conclave, Praveen Khandelwal, secretary general of CAIT in a statement said, 't is high time we unmask the black truth behind quick commerce and e-commerce. While consumers may enjoy convenience, traders are facing devastation.' 'What's more concerning is the misuse of foreign direct investment (FDI) as an economic weapon–these big commerce companies are using FDI to finance predatory pricing while making no real asset creation in the country, which goes directly against the Government's FDI policy,' he added. The event will conclude with the adoption of a policy resolution urging the government to implement stringent regulatory safeguards.
