11-02-2006, 07:40 PM
From Pioneer, 3 Nov., 2006
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Hindu OBCs are only 30pc of population</b>
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi
<b>NSSO survey says rest of 41 per cent are Muslims</b>
The latest findings of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) have the potential to demolish many myths, hitherto influencing the country's socio-political order.
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As the 41.1 per cent OBC estimation by NSSO includes Muslims too, Hindu OBCs could account for 30 per cent of the total, as Muslim OBCs are estimated to be not less than 10 per cent.
"Our survey includes all OBCs irrespective of their religion," NSSO director general Vishnu Kumar said.
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<b>The upper caste Hindu population could then be nearly 25 per cent, a figure that has so far not been explored. The BP Mandal Commission had put the population of other backward classes at 52 per cent.</b>
"The OBCs among Muslims must not be less than 65 per cent of the cumulative figure of 13.4 per cent. It could be much more," Prof Abu Baker, former chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission, said.
Concurs Prof Faizan Mustafa of Aligarh Muslim University. "In States like Tamil Nadu, OBCs among Muslims account for almost 85 per cent of the total population. <b>The overall OBCs among Muslim has to be in the range of 65 to 70 per cent,"</b> he added.
<b>Going by the NSSO estimation, OBC political stalwarts like Lalu Yadav in Bihar and Mulayam Singh Yadav need to reorient their electoral strategies. Lalu, who has already favoured 5 to 10 per cent reservation for the poor among upper castes, lost the election in Bihar as 'the upper castes polarised against him' in the last Assembly poll.</b>
Mulayam Singh too is projecting himself as a leader of the masses, and not just of Yadavs. He is banking heavily on the support of Rajputs to win the coming election in Uttar Pradesh, while Mayawati of Bahujan Samaj Party is equally enthusiastically wooing Brahmins.
<b>"As Muslims account for 13.4 per cent of the country's total population, OBCs among them should not be less than 10 per cent," Prof Mustafa said. "Muslim OBCs could not be less than 10 per cent under any circumstances. As per the recommendations of the Mandal Commission, the Government has notified a majority of Muslim castes as OBCs," Janata Dal-U member of Rajya Sabha Ali Anwar said. The Mandal Commission had estimated that a little over half the Muslim population belonged to OBC category.</b>
<b>There is very little variation between the NSSO estimation of ST population of 8.4 per cent and the Census 2001 projection. There is a variation of around three per cent in the population of SC from 16.23 per cent in the Census 2001 to 19.7 per cent in the NSSO survey for the year 2004-05.</b>
Since the debate over the number of OBCs is raging in the country in the wake of the controversy over the quantum of reservation, the NSSO findings could trigger a fresh bout of contention as to what is the actual status of OBCs in the country.
The survey assumes significance in the wake of the recent Supreme Court observations, questioning the basis of earmarking 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, a politically powerful entity in India.
<b>Since Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar has been advocating an increase in the quantum of SCs in the Government quota, the latest NSSO findings could trigger the demand for a fresh look at the quantum of quota earmarked for ST, SC, and OBCs.</b>
"The entire controversy around the quota has got complicated in the absence of any census of different social groups except that of ST and SC. In the case of OBCs, the NSSO survey is the only reliable option. The Government cannot have caste-based census countrywide overnight that further complicates the matter, as the Supreme Court is scrutinising the latest quota policy," a senior Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry official said.
<b>A senior official attached with the Ministry's OBC section, however, holds a different view. According to him, the OBC population cannot be less than 48 per cent in the country. "Though scientifically designed, the NSSO survey is not conducted on a large scale. In the case of ST, NSSO estimation is very close to the figure of the 2001 census," he explained.</b>
<b>"The population is up by over three per cent in the case of SCs, a larger community. Since OBCs are a larger community, NSSO estimation of 41.1 per cent OBC population might not be very close to the realities. There will certainly be an upward variation of 7 to 8 per cent if the Census is done,"</b> the official added.
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Can someone depict this data visually in pie chart or bar graphs? Any which way the UPA approach is wrong.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Hindu OBCs are only 30pc of population</b>
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi
<b>NSSO survey says rest of 41 per cent are Muslims</b>
The latest findings of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) have the potential to demolish many myths, hitherto influencing the country's socio-political order.
Â
As the 41.1 per cent OBC estimation by NSSO includes Muslims too, Hindu OBCs could account for 30 per cent of the total, as Muslim OBCs are estimated to be not less than 10 per cent.
"Our survey includes all OBCs irrespective of their religion," NSSO director general Vishnu Kumar said.
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<b>The upper caste Hindu population could then be nearly 25 per cent, a figure that has so far not been explored. The BP Mandal Commission had put the population of other backward classes at 52 per cent.</b>
"The OBCs among Muslims must not be less than 65 per cent of the cumulative figure of 13.4 per cent. It could be much more," Prof Abu Baker, former chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission, said.
Concurs Prof Faizan Mustafa of Aligarh Muslim University. "In States like Tamil Nadu, OBCs among Muslims account for almost 85 per cent of the total population. <b>The overall OBCs among Muslim has to be in the range of 65 to 70 per cent,"</b> he added.
<b>Going by the NSSO estimation, OBC political stalwarts like Lalu Yadav in Bihar and Mulayam Singh Yadav need to reorient their electoral strategies. Lalu, who has already favoured 5 to 10 per cent reservation for the poor among upper castes, lost the election in Bihar as 'the upper castes polarised against him' in the last Assembly poll.</b>
Mulayam Singh too is projecting himself as a leader of the masses, and not just of Yadavs. He is banking heavily on the support of Rajputs to win the coming election in Uttar Pradesh, while Mayawati of Bahujan Samaj Party is equally enthusiastically wooing Brahmins.
<b>"As Muslims account for 13.4 per cent of the country's total population, OBCs among them should not be less than 10 per cent," Prof Mustafa said. "Muslim OBCs could not be less than 10 per cent under any circumstances. As per the recommendations of the Mandal Commission, the Government has notified a majority of Muslim castes as OBCs," Janata Dal-U member of Rajya Sabha Ali Anwar said. The Mandal Commission had estimated that a little over half the Muslim population belonged to OBC category.</b>
<b>There is very little variation between the NSSO estimation of ST population of 8.4 per cent and the Census 2001 projection. There is a variation of around three per cent in the population of SC from 16.23 per cent in the Census 2001 to 19.7 per cent in the NSSO survey for the year 2004-05.</b>
Since the debate over the number of OBCs is raging in the country in the wake of the controversy over the quantum of reservation, the NSSO findings could trigger a fresh bout of contention as to what is the actual status of OBCs in the country.
The survey assumes significance in the wake of the recent Supreme Court observations, questioning the basis of earmarking 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, a politically powerful entity in India.
<b>Since Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar has been advocating an increase in the quantum of SCs in the Government quota, the latest NSSO findings could trigger the demand for a fresh look at the quantum of quota earmarked for ST, SC, and OBCs.</b>
"The entire controversy around the quota has got complicated in the absence of any census of different social groups except that of ST and SC. In the case of OBCs, the NSSO survey is the only reliable option. The Government cannot have caste-based census countrywide overnight that further complicates the matter, as the Supreme Court is scrutinising the latest quota policy," a senior Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry official said.
<b>A senior official attached with the Ministry's OBC section, however, holds a different view. According to him, the OBC population cannot be less than 48 per cent in the country. "Though scientifically designed, the NSSO survey is not conducted on a large scale. In the case of ST, NSSO estimation is very close to the figure of the 2001 census," he explained.</b>
<b>"The population is up by over three per cent in the case of SCs, a larger community. Since OBCs are a larger community, NSSO estimation of 41.1 per cent OBC population might not be very close to the realities. There will certainly be an upward variation of 7 to 8 per cent if the Census is done,"</b> the official added.
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Can someone depict this data visually in pie chart or bar graphs? Any which way the UPA approach is wrong.