Over 1.16 crore caste certificates have been issued during special campaign of the State Government to issue the certificates at school level. Digitally signed caste certificates are also being kept safe in digital repository. Due to it, certificate will be always available online.
The state government has simplified process of issuing caste certificates to SCs, STs and OBCs to remove difficulties.
Issuance of caste certificate has been covered under Public Services Delivery Guarantee Act.
Arrangement has been made to issue caste certificates with digital signature of SDM.
To ensure that school students do not wander about to obtain caste certificates, General Administration Department had launched this special campaign to
issue certificates to students taking admission in class I from July 1, 2014.