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Census in
Goa could give distorted picture: Church
Friday February 25, 2011 08:13:29 PM,
IANS
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Panaji: The Church in Goa Friday said the influx of migrants and the significant outflow
of people working as sailors on long haul cruises could mean a
distorted representation of Goan demography in the census 2011
exercise.
In a statement issued here, the Council for Social Justice and
Peace (CSJP), the social arm of the Roman Catholic Church in Goa,
said the processes adopted for the enumeration of Goa's population
should be corrected in order to accommodate and modify such
exceptions.
"A very large number of Goans of all communities work on ships,
whether cruise lines, cargo carriers or other sea vessels for
about six to eight months only and leave their homes in Goa for
long periods.
"All these Goans are excluded from the population enumeration,
since they are not in Goa during the above period," Father
Valerian Vaz, president of the CSJP, said.
Vaz also pointed out that a large section of Goan expats belonged
to the weaker sections of society and that their "exclusion
distorts the statistics of these communities with adverse effects
on their rightful benefits".
The inclusion of the floating migrant population as inhabitants of
Goa in the census would affect the demographic framework of the
state, he added.
"There is a large floating population of migrants in Goa from
other states of India. Their inclusion in Goa inflates the
population of this state, distorting the factual statistics;
simultaneously it deflates the statistics in their respective
states," Vaz said.
The population enumeration phase of the national census began Feb
9 and will conclude Feb 28.
Goa has a long history of able bodied sailors working in
international ships. After Punjab and Kerala, Goa also has a large
expat population, especially in the Middle East.
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