The Telangana Intensive Household Survey is becoming a nightmare with reports that it has some unusual questions for the citizens. Sources say that Column 19 regarding a person’s occupation, has 36 parts which reportedly includes scavenging, begging and do nothing.
Moreover, there are some similar options such as other professions and also others”. Interestingly, sources say that do nothing option is placed before IT professionals, apartment watchmen, private security guards and others.
Experts feel that framing is really shabby and feel that it could be rather framed as skilled or unskilled or even it may have just mentioned their professions. Spellings like barber is reportedly spelt as barbour.
Column E has that contains special reference to people with disabilities, reportedly mentions as mentally retarded” and deaf and dumb rather than intellectually disabled and hearing impaired rather than HIV positive, it shows people with AIDS and “AIDS affected”.
