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=> Rajasthan's Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Tikaram Julie instructed the departmental officers to identify the persons and their families involved in illegal liquor business by completing the survey of castes covered under Navjeevan Yojana in three months.

Key Points:

=> The objective of Navjeevan Yojana is to bring people involved in the manufacture, storage and business of illicit liquor and such families in the mainstream of development by benefiting from the scheme.

=> For this it is necessary to identify such persons and families. Government Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Dr. Samit Sharma informed that earlier 14 castes were included in this scheme, but in the budget announcement year 2022-23, 16 more castes have been included in it.

=> In the past, about 97,827 persons have been identified by conducting surveys in all the districts under this scheme.

=> Under the scheme 30 castes – Kanjar, Sansi, Bhat, Bhand, Nat, Rana, Dom, Dholi, Mogiya (Mogya), Bavaria, Bedia, Bagaria, Sirkiwala, Chaubadar, Gadolia, Banjara, Kalbelia, Bhopa, Nayak, Gadiya Luhar, Pardi, Bhedkut, Raibari, Sikligar, Sigdiwal, Rangaswamy, Nath, Baazigar, Gujrati and Junglia have been included.

=> Under the scheme, a door-to-door survey of all 30 castes and such families involved in the business of illicit liquor would be conducted and their digital database would be prepared.