Telangana Socio-Economic Survey report shocked, Dalit community is 3 times more backward than the upper castes, Kapu caste is the most prosperous. – ..

News India Live, Digital Desk: The report of an ambitious socio-economic survey conducted by the Telangana government has been made public, the data of which presents a horrifying picture of caste and economic inequality in the state. According to the report, Scheduled Castes (SC) in Telangana are three times more backward than the general category. At the same time, Backward Class (BC) has also been found to be 2.7 times more backward than the upper castes. The state government has released a special ‘Backward Index Score’ in this regard, which shows the pathetic condition of the castes in numbers.

Mathematics of backward index: ‘Dakkal’ is at the bottom and ‘Kapu’ is at the top.

Telangana Backward Class Welfare Minister P. Prabhakar, while sharing the results of the survey, said that the higher the score in the index, the more backward the caste is considered to be. According to the report, in the state ‘Dakkal’ The caste found to be most backward is whose index score 116 Is. On the contrary, those coming from the upper caste community ‘Cup’ The community has emerged as the most powerful and leading caste of the state, whose score is only 12 Remained. The Kapu community owns large amounts of agricultural land and have been politically and socially strong for a long time.

Huge income gap: 78% backward people earn less than Rs 1 lakh

What has been revealed in the survey regarding income inequality is worrying. backward castes of the state 78 percent There are people whose annual income 1 lakh Rs. Or even less than that. On the other hand, 13 percent of people from affluent communities are those whose annual income 5 lakh to 50 lakh rupees Is between. The situation of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC/ST) class is even more dire; Only in this category 2.1 percent There are only a few people who are able to earn more than Rs 5 lakh in a year.

135 castes yearning for basic facilities

According to the report, out of the total 142 castes of Telangana 135 castes Are socially and economically backward. The population of these castes is half of the total population of the state. 67 percent Is. The state of the infrastructure is that:

21% population Still does not have regular supply of drinking water.

13% people Even today they are deprived of basic facilities like toilet.

6% houses I have not been able to get electricity connection yet.

Poverty measured on 42 indicators: out of reach of education and health

To measure the backwardness of castes, the state government has 42 indicator Had decided. In the study of a total of 242 castes, it was found that out of 135 backward castes, 69 are backward classes, 41 are scheduled castes and 25 are tribes. The report clarifies that these castes not only lack employment and education, but their access to hospitals is also extremely limited. Their houses are small and due to being landless, they are left far behind on the social security front. The government says that this inequality is a major challenge for the development of the state.