After Publication of NSSO Report No. 521
Just after the publication of a NSSO report (Report No 521) a confusion was spread. The reason behind the confusion was that some data presented by this report did not match with the same given by the Sachar Committee report. Inibnlive.coma story appeared on March 31, 2007 under the heading?Muslims aren?t most unemployed?. It said: ?A controversy on who are the most backward religious communities in India may begin again. The Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee has said that Muslims are the most backward, particularly when it comes to employment opportunities. Another government survey disagrees. The National Sample Survey Organisation?s (NSSO) data says Christians, the most educated religious community, top the list of the unemployed in the country. The NSSO survey for 2004-05 says that in urban areas more than 8 per cent of Christians are unemployed. The corresponding figure for Hindus is 4.4 per cent and for Muslims it?s 4.1 per cent. ?In rural areas, the unemployment rates were higher among the Christians (4.4 per cent) as compared to those among the Hindus (1.5 per cent) or Muslims (2.3 per cent),? said the NSSO survey. The Sachar committee?s report said unemployment rate in urban areas was 8.1 per cent among both Hindus and Muslims, and only 6.8 per cent among upper-caste Hindus. It said in rural areas, 8.4 per cent Muslims were unemployed?compared to 8 per cent Hindus and 6 per cent upper-caste Hindus. ?? BJP jumped in quickly to take advantage of this confusion of data mismatch and we find in Times Of India ?The BJP on Saturday stepped up its attack on the Centre over the Sachar committee, saying its contention that it had been manipulated for electoral reasons stood vindicated after a new report suggested Christians and not Muslims have the highest unemployment rate in the country. ?We have been saying it all along that the Sachar committee was created for vote-bank reasons. It was designed to serve a political purpose especially ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections ? ??
It is clear that the BJP is trying its old game of communal divide, pitting one against another. Hopefully the minority and persecuted Christian community will not fall in the trap of BJP.
We collected the report but couldn?t complete our study on it. Neither it is possible for us to comment on the data mismatch; the Sachar Committee mentioned in its report that it got data from many agencies and organisations including the NSSO.
Some data presented by this very report (No: 521) also corroborates the Sachar Committee conclusion that Muslims are most (or next to most, just above the position of Dalits & Tribe-people) backward socio-religious community. As for example ?In rural India, proportion of households in the lowest three monthly per capita expenditure (mpce) classes combined (viz. less than Rs.320 for a month) was highest among Hindus (14 per cent), followed by Muslims (12 per cent) and Christians (8 per cent). In urban India, the proportion of Households in the lowest three mpce classes combined (viz. less than Rs.485 for a month) was the highest among the Muslims (25 per cent) followed by the Hindus (12 per cent) and Christians (8 per cent) On the other hand, in the urban area, proportion of households in the highest three classes of mpce combined (viz. more than Rs.1380 for a month) was 38 per cent for Christians, 28 per cent for Hindus and 13 per cent for Muslims. In rural areas, proportion of households in the highest three classes of mpce combined (viz. more than Rs.690 for a month) was 47 per cent for Christians, 24 per cent for Hindus, and 20 per cent for Muslims? ?? The BJP perhaps didn?t like data like this and stayed silent about this.
Well, we shall try to comment on this report (No: 521) and if possible another report (No: 516) that dealt with ?Employment and Unemployment Situation Among Social Groups in India? in future.
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