Poe Chakravarty | Photo Credit: Bijoy Ghosh
An independent working group of experts established by the TELANGANY government for analysis and interpretation of data from social, educational, employee, economic and caste survey (SeePC) 2024, commonly known as a caste survey, presents its 300 -page reports to the state government in a week or 10 days after several members’ proposals.
When he talks to the media on Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy Hrda Institute of Telangana, chairman of the Group and former Supreme Court judge B. Sudarshan Reddy, said the group carried out the last meeting at the Institute and considered a report to be submitted to the State Government.
Member-Convenor Expert Group, Poe Chakravarthy, said they gave a total of 242 back-class caste groups (BC) to develop an objective statistical method called “CBI) index” to scientifically quantify the backwardness of the caste.
Mr. Chakravarthy, one of the CBI architects, said it was the first metric that was designed and used worldwide to objectively assess social and economic differences. To analyze the census report, they used 42 parameters that gathered data from more than 3.55 Crore population in Telangana who answered 74 questions about aspects, from education and income to housing, retention of land and experience with discrimination.
The justice of Sudarshan Reddy said that the state government will decide whether to put the report to the public domain or not as soon as it is submitted. Vice -Chairman of the Group, prof. Kancha Ilaiah said that no other state nor the Union government had conducted a survey as a SeePC in India from its independence.
This 11 -member independent members of the Group of Experts Shantha Sinha, Dr. Sukhadeo Thorat Bhangya Bhukya Purushotham Reddy, a state node officer for SEEPCS survey and secretary of Anudeep Durisketty was present.
Published – 2 July 2025 9:49
