Telangana has made history by successfully completing the largest-ever Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political, and Caste (SEEEPC) survey, which covered 96.9 percent of Telangana households in just 50 days, said Minister for Irrigation Uttam Kumar Reddy.
He stated that the entire process, from passing a resolution in the cabinet to submission of the report, was completed in exactly one year.
The Minister said the survey marks a significant step towards data-driven governance, fulfilling a major promise made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections.
The Congress government, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister BhattiVikramarka have now laid the foundation for welfare policies based on real-time socio-economic data, he said.
The Cabinet Sub-Committee, chaired by Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy formally received the survey reports from the Planning department, which spearheaded the massive data collection exercise.
At a high-level meeting, Ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy, D. Seethakka, PonnamPrabhakar, and Damodar Raja Narasimha received the survey reports from Principal Secretary (Planning) Sandeep Kumar Sultania, State Nodal Officer & Hyderabad Collector AnudeepDurishetty, and other senior officials. The Planning Department made a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the methodology and findings.
Addressing a press conference later at the Secretariat here on Sunday, Uttam Kumar Reddy said that precisely a year ago, on February 4, 2024, the Telangana Cabinet passed a resolution approving this survey, and today, the completed report stands as a milestone that will redefine governance and policy-making in the State.
He announced that the reports would be presented before the Cabinet on February 4 at 10 AM, followed by a short discussion in the Assembly on the same day.
This comprehensive survey, the largest post-independence, covered 96.9 percent of Telangana households with the help of 94,863 enumerators and 9,628 supervisors deployed across 94,261 Enumeration Blocks. A total of 76,000 data entry operators digitised the information within 36 days.
Covering 3,54,77,554 individuals, the survey revealed crucial demographic data: BCs accounted for 1,64,09,179 people (46.25%), SCs 61,84,319 (17.43%), STs 37,05,929 (10.45%), and the total Muslim population stood at 44,57,012 (12.56%), including 35,76,588 (10.08%) BC Muslims and 8,80,424 (2.48%) OC Muslims. Other OCs accounted for 44,21,115 (13.31%), making the total OC population 15.79%.
Uttam Kumar Reddy stated that the findings would be used to restructure Telangana’s welfare programmes to ensure equitable distribution of resources.