Information crucial to examine quotas Caste data hole in first meet on census update Doubts over whether the information would be sought at all
Preparations for the second Socio-Economic Caste Census have begun, but collection of caste-specific data was not discussed at a review meeting held in December, casting doubts over whether the information would be sought at all.
An inter-ministerial committee has been formed with secretaries from the rural development, housing and urban affairs and social justice ministries and officials of the Niti Aayog to oversee the SECC update.
A meeting of the committee was held in December 2020. “The first meeting discussed modalities of data collection and revisiting the deprivation points, inclusion and exclusion criteria. There was no discussion on collection of caste data,” a rural development
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The Narendra Modi government’s stated goal of ensuring housing for all by 2022 appears unlikely to be met given the slow pace of construction and delay in expanding the beneficiaries’ list, social activists have told
The Telegraph.
While launching the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) Gramin on April 1, 2016, Modi had gone by the findings of the Socio Economic Caste Census of 2012 and set a target of building 2.95 crore houses by 2022.
However, by 2019, the state governments had identified another 3.67 crore households that lacked houses, raising the scheme’s possible target to 6.62 crore houses.
While a panel formed by the rural development ministry has cleared the additional beneficiaries, the finance ministry has not yet committed funds for the extra houses, preventing the new beneficiaries from being officially added to the list.
At 3.7%, insurance penetration a cause for concern
Despite making improvements in the last two decades, the performance of the insurance sector is still way below than in other Asian economies.
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Despite making improvements in the last two decades, the performance of the insurance sector is still way below than in other Asian economies. This was revealed by the recently-released Economic Survey. Two key indicators – Insurance Penetration and Insurance Density – used to assess the performance and potential of the insurance peg India’s growth much below Malaysia, Thailand, and China.
According to the survey, insurance penetration in India increased to 3.76 per cent in 2019 from the 2.71 per cent in 2001. However, it was much lower than Malaysia, Thailand, and China’s, which clocked 4.72, 4.99 and 4.30 per cent, respectively in 2019.