2011 caste census data unusable, can't add caste to 2021 data: Centre tells SC
India Today
In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on a plea by the Maharashtra Government, the Centre has said that the Caste/tribe data from the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 is "flawed" and "is not usable".
Even as various state governments have announced reservations for OBCs and rural backward classes in panchayat elections as well as government jobs, an affidavit filed by the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry seems to indicate that the government does not have any usable data on the relative population of each caste in the country.
In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on a plea by the Maharashtra Government, the Centre has said that the Caste/tribe data from the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SeCC) 2011 is "flawed" and "is not usable".
