The Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011 was conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) in rural areas and the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) in urban areas.

The SECC-2011 was conducted with the approved cost of Rs. 4893.60 crore.

The SECC data excluding the caste data has been finalized and published by MoRD and HUPA in 2016. The caste data has been handed over to ORGI for processing, whereafter it is to be submitted to the Expert Group to be formed under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog for classification and categorization. The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment being the nodal Ministry is taking further action in the matter.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

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