Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited survey of the other backward classes (OBCs) commenced across Odisha on Monday and it will continue till May 27. The survey will be conducted both online and offline.
Odisha is the second state in the country after Bihar to hold the OBC survey.
In offline mode, heads of the families or any senior person can provide family data at the survey center to be set up at Anganwadi centers and schools. Anganwadi workers and teachers will be engaged as enumerators.
This apart, the people can also register their details at ‘Mo Seva Kendra’ by making the requisite payment, he said.
In online mode, they can go to the website of the OBC Commission www.oscbc.odisha.gov.in, and upload their data. Besides questions pertaining to social and educational aspects, they will be asked to give details of their ration and Aadhaar Cards or Voter Identity Cards of their family members.
It is worth mentioning here that OBC families without ration cards may also submit their details at the survey centers. The survey centers will remain open from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm on all working days.
The social and educational conditions of OBC communities were collected till May 20 to ensure that no one is left out of the survey across the state.
The social and educational conditions of 208 OBC communities enlisted by the state government will be collected during the survey. The survey will be carried out by the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes in all 314 blocks and 114 ULBs areas in the state.
The state government in its notification on March 16 said the survey will be carried out under the powers conferred by Section 9 of the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes (OSCBC) Act, 1993 and OSCBC (Amendment) Act, 2020.
