Cabinet approval for census of population on the basis of caste in Bihar. Patna News – Times of India

Patna: The state cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for operationalization of the General Administration Department (GAD). caste based population count in A state in Eastern India Until February next year.
Chief Secretary Amir Subhanik Said that a related notification in this regard would be issued soon. He said that the notification would include necessary details including plan execution schedule.
Subhani said that the caste-based census and economic census would be done from the state’s own resources and would cost Rs 500 crore, which would be made available from the state contingency fund.
As GAD has been made the nodal department to conduct caste-based census and economic census, DMs of 38 districts will be the district nodal officers to organize the related activities, Subhani said, adding that the services of officers will be mobilized by adding DMs and villages. , Panchayat and all other levels of staff to practice.
The decision to conduct caste census in the state was taken in an all-party meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday.
The cabinet also gave an extension of two years to the ongoing state specific survey and settlement works to update the revenue maps and ‘khatians’ of landholders with effect from April 1 to March 31, 2024 this year.
S Siddhartha, Additional Chief Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Department, said the proposal was brought by the Department of Revenue and Land Reforms (RLRD).
The cabinet approved RLRD’s proposal for a four-year extension of the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program from 2022-23 to 2025-26. He said that Rs 97.19 crore would be spent in this.
The cabinet approved the transfer of land in Aurangabad district required for the construction of the Dedicated Freight Corridor. In addition, Rs 150.98 crore has been approved from the State Plan Fund for the implementation of seed distribution and seed production program run by the Agriculture Department.
The proposal of the Home Department to procure six hydraulic platform aerial ladders for emergency use in case of fire in high-rise buildings was also approved.
The cabinet approved the Medical Services Rules 2022 for the Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology, besides approving the proposal for the Bihar Municipal Elections (Amendment) Rules, 2022. There was also a proposal to celebrate Maharana Pratap’s birth anniversary on May 9 as a state function in Patna. Approved.