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OBC MPs make out case for a caste-wise census in 2011 25 Oct 2008, 0258 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: MPs from OBC outfits met home minister Shivraj Patil on Friday to demand a caste-wise census in 2011. Castes outside SCs and STs are not recorded in the decennial exercise. The demand comes in the wake of a refusal by the home ministry to conduct such an exercise, arguing it was regressive and would undo the break from the past when caste census was last done before independence. The MPs' group said enumeration of the population on caste lines would be in accordance with the recent directions of Supreme Court in OBC quota in higher educational institutions. "A caste-wise census data would help explain socio-economic status of various communities in the country, resolve the reservation questions satisfactorily, throw light on the concept of creamy layer, distribution of benefits under governmental programmes and schemes in proportion to population and also effective and equitable implementation of various policies of the government," the MPs said in a memorandum.
