<p>The mammoth exercise, to be concluded by the year end in both urban and rural areas, will also take a headcount for various caste and religious groups in the country.<br /><br />Those who own a vehicle, a concrete house, a fridge or a fixed phone, as also when any family member is a government employee or earns above Rs.10,000 per month will be excluded from the BPL population.<br /><br />The results of the census will be utilised in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17).<br />The government in May gave the go-ahead for the census, the findings of which will also help in extending the Food Security Act that promises subsidised grain to the poor.<br /><br />For the first time, the survey, which takes place every five years in rural areas, will include urban households as well. Chandigarh would be the first city where the socio-economic caste census will begin July 18.<br /><br />The exercise will be carried out jointly by the ministries of rural development, and housing and urban poverty alleviation, and the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.<br />Instead of pen and paper, the census enumerators will carry indigenously developed tablet computers.<br /><br />The Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL) is supplying these low-cost computers.</p>
<p>The mammoth exercise, to be concluded by the year end in both urban and rural areas, will also take a headcount for various caste and religious groups in the country.<br /><br />Those who own a vehicle, a concrete house, a fridge or a fixed phone, as also when any family member is a government employee or earns above Rs.10,000 per month will be excluded from the BPL population.<br /><br />The results of the census will be utilised in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17).<br />The government in May gave the go-ahead for the census, the findings of which will also help in extending the Food Security Act that promises subsidised grain to the poor.<br /><br />For the first time, the survey, which takes place every five years in rural areas, will include urban households as well. Chandigarh would be the first city where the socio-economic caste census will begin July 18.<br /><br />The exercise will be carried out jointly by the ministries of rural development, and housing and urban poverty alleviation, and the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.<br />Instead of pen and paper, the census enumerators will carry indigenously developed tablet computers.<br /><br />The Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL) is supplying these low-cost computers.</p>