The Kerala government has said that it would carry out a 'socio-economic survey' among the forward caste communities to identify the economically backward persons among them.
The LDF government in Kerala gave its approval to this long pending demand of the forward caste communities on Wednesday.
A cabinet meeting gave its nod to conduct the survey of the Kerala State Commission for Economically Backward Classes among Forward Communities, through Kudumbashree, the state's all-women poverty eradication mission, a official statement said. The government has alloted a total of Rs 75.67 lakh for collecting information for the same.
Five most economically backward families, belonging to forward caste communities, would be identified in each ward of the local bodies including village, municipality and corporation across the state as part of the survey.
The meeting , chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, also decided to make police verification mandatory for the appointments in aided educational institutions, public sector undertakings welfare boards, development authorities, co-operative institutions and devaswom boards in the state.
The cabinet directed concerned agencies to complete the the procedure within one month after the employee joining the office and the relevant institutions should make necessary amendments in this regard within three months, the statement added.
