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Patna,(BiharTimes): The Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), launched for the first time in 2011, is far from over in two biggest states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar though it has been completed in many other states, especially that of north-east.
While only 14.81 per cent of the population was covered till August 16 in Uttar Pradesh in Bihar the figure is slightly high, that is, 18 per cent.
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On the other hand Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Mizoram, Haryana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala have completed the exercise initiated by states with financial and technical support of the Rural Development Ministry.
According to Minister of State for Rural Development Pradeep Jain Aditya’s written reply in the Lok Sabha on Thursday Union Territories including Puducherry, Diu and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh have also scompleted the exercise launched to generate a large number of social and economic indicators relating to households across the country for their ranking.
States like Rajasthan (99.89 per cent), Chattisgarh (99.89 per cent), Jammu and Kashmir 99.79 per cent), Uttarakhand (99.71 per cent), Delhi (99.55 per cent).Madhya Pradesh (99.48 per cent), Meghalaya (99.30 per cent), Goa (98.99 per cent), Tamil Nadu (98.20 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (97.71 per cent), Punjab, (97.07 per cent) and Assam (97.03 percent) are about to complete the Census.
Similarly, states like Odisha (88.27 per cent), Maharashtra (87.37 per cent), West Bengal (69.19 per cent), Jharkhand (60.56 per cent) and Manipur (44.27 per cent) are well ahead of Bihar and UP.
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