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PM Modi (left) and Tejashwi Yadav NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to review the reservation cap once caste census data is available. “Conducting the caste census is merely the first step of the long journey towards social justice. The census data…
With the Union Government deciding to enumerate caste in the forthcoming Census exercise, top anthropologists and population scientists in the country have argued that the first and foremost challenge in undertaking this exercise will be to list the total number of castes/communities in the country. At present, there is no comprehensive repository of such groups…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday questioned the timing of caste census announcement by the NDA government claiming it was done to deflect attention from the Pahalgam terror attack.“The entire nation was waiting to see how the government would act to reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and eliminate terrorists. Instead, 26…
NEW DELHI: Centre’s announcement to include caste enumeration in the upcoming general census has triggered a war of words, with both the ruling BJP and opposition parties scrambling to claim credit for the decision.Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Wednesday that the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has approved the inclusion of caste enumeration in…
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh has termed the Centre’s decision to conduct a caste census “a victory for the crores of people of India”. He added that when Rahul Gandhi said caste census is the “X-ray of society,” the BJP “ridiculed him.” “When our leader Shri Rahul Gandhi ji said, ‘Caste census is…
NEW DELHI: Caste census, which has been a key demand of several opposition parties in the last many elections, will finally be a reality with the Centre on Wednesday announcing nationwide caste count along with the next population census.The government, which had till now strongly resisted opposition demands for a caste census, justified its U-turn,…
NEW DELHI: Caste enumeration was a regular feature of census exercises during British rule from 1881 to 1931. However, with the first census of independent India in 1951, the government chose to discontinue the practice, except for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).By 1961, the central government permitted states to conduct their own surveys…
New Delhi: Election strategist-turned politician Prashant Kishor weighed in on the caste census issue today after Centre’s announcement that it would be included in the next census – saying that in itself is not a problem. Nor it is a promise that possession of data will immediately rectify social problems and bring equality. There is…
New Delhi: Election strategist-turned politician Prashant Kishor weighed in on the caste census issue today after Centre’s announcement that it would be included in the next census – saying that in itself is not a problem. Nor it is a promise that possession of data will immediately rectify social problems and bring equality. There is…
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a cabinet press briefing on Wednesday announced a series of major announcements including Sugarcane FRP, Caste Census and greenfield high-speed corridor linking Mawlyngkhung in Meghalaya to Panchgram in Assam.Here are some highlights from the meeting. Shillong to Silchar high-speed corridor The Union Cabinet in a infrastructure…
