Second phase of caste-based survey resumes in Bihar
The Hindu
Bihar’s caste-based survey resumed after the Patna HC allowed the govt. to continue with the second phase in which data related to castes, sub-castes and religions of all people will be collected
Bihar’s caste-based survey resumed on August 2, a day after the Patna High Court allowed the State government to continue with it.
The Patna High Court has on Tuesday dismissed all petitions filed against the decision of the Bihar Government to conduct a caste-based survey. The survey is being conducted at a cost of ₹500 crore, approved by the Cabinet of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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Additional Chief Secretary of the Education Department, K.K Pathak, has written a letter to all District Magistrates of Bihar. Mr. Pathak categorically stated that teachers on deputation will be only engaged in the caste-based survey.
“The work of caste-based survey is being resumed from Wednesday so the deputation of the teachers would only be for the caste-based survey and no other administrative work. While deputing the teachers, keep this in mind that studies are not affected,” Mr. Pathak said in the letter.
The first phase of the survey, which involved a house listing exercise, was carried out from January 7 to January 12.
The Bihar Government was in the middle of conducting the second phase of the survey, which had begun on April 15 and was to be completed by May 15, but a court-ordered interim stay on the survey put a hold on it.
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