Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government is conducting the first ever Other Backward Classes Survey across the State.
The survey was kicked off on Monday across 314 blocks and 114 civic body areas in the State.
The survey is being conducted in both online and offline modes by Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes. It will continue across the state till May 27.
The people can also register their details for the survey online (www.oscbc.odisha.gov.in) free of cost. In offline mode, heads of the families or any senior person can provide family data at the survey counters set up at the Anganwadi centres and schools. Anganwadi workers and teachers have been engaged as enumerators.
The survey is being done to collect information with a questionnaire on the kind of houses they live in, their livelihoods, access to infrastructure, hospitals, schools, markets, colleges, etc.
State SC, ST Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Jagannath Sarka said the survey is being conducted with an aim to find out the social and educational status of backward classes.
It is crucial for focused planning for their socio-economic development, he said.