In Bihar, where the second phase of the caste survey started from April 15 and will continue till May 15, the caste code for ‘third gender’ has been numerically allotted as 22 - the same for 214 other castes
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The much publicized ongoing exercise of the headcount of social groups in Bihar by the state government has run into fresh controversy over enumeration of members of 'third gender' as a separate caste.
Terming the Bihar government s move of considering third gender a separate caste in the ongoing exercise as a criminal act , Reshma Prasad, founder secretary of Dostanasafar, a Bihar-based NGO.
Castes in Bihar will now be identified on the basis of codes, in the form of numbers, and each caste has been given a numerical code for use during the month-long second phase of caste-based headcount from April 15 to May 15