Comments on the Cabinet Decision on Caste Census Yogendra Yadav comments:
"It is clear that the task will not be assigned to anyone except the RGI. So the apprehension that it may be handed over to the states or any ministry has been laid to rest. The tabulation will also be done by the... RGI and not by ministry of social justice as some of us had feared. It does not clarify whether the data collected will be linked to the main census data gathered in February, but it does not rule that either. The note talks of appointing an expert group do the final tabulation. My own (first) impression is that the decision is not as good as asking the question in the main census but better than linking it to biometrics. It leaves open the possibility of linking the data to socio-educational and economic variables collected by the census. My emphasis would therefore be to press the government to clarify this linkage and to ensure that the right kind of experts are on the group. Other issues about cost and logistics are not irrelevant but are not on the top of my agenda. Let us have an informed debate about this before taking a firm stand." Satish Deshpande: "I agree with Yogendra -- at this point we have to study what is actually being proposed. I have not seen the note yet. Obviously the pressure within the govt/Congress has not been enough. This cannot now be remedied fro...m outside. What we can do is focus on the proposal itself and once again try to point out difficulties and problems and possible solutions. The only other possibility is if (Congress) High Command takes an interest, which if it was so inclined, it would have done already. In short, I don't think what is happening is due to lack of information or advice about possible options." -- "[It is not] possible to distinguish between 'numerical' and 'nonnumerical' algorithms, as if numbers were somehow different from other kinds of precise information." - Donald Knuth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
