Caste enumeration isn’t just an academic exercise. We need to track and tackle deprivations. So the country’s caste census must be designed in a way that yields useful data for policy responses.

The story so far: The Union Cabinet has decided that the next Census will include questions on caste to its enumeration of India’s population, for the first time in almost a century. The ...

As the name suggests, caste census is a caste-based survey of the country's population aimed to determine the exact number of people of each caste living in India as accurately as humanly possible.

Bihar's Caste Survey The starting point we take, however, is 2022, when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar - who has consistently championed a caste census - ordered a state-wide enumeration.

Claiming a win for Congress, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has asserted that, "We have put enough pressure on the government to get the caste census done and we want a date by when it is done ...

India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information Minister ...

Caste Census: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after inaugurating various development projects during National Panchayati Raj Day programme in Madhubani, Bihar ...

Congress and other parties welcome caste census Congress leader Udit Raj welcomed the cabinet’s approval of the caste census, calling it a victory for the party. He noted that the Modi ...

NEW DELHI: In a Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the government has decided to include a caste survey in the main census. "Cabinet Committee on ...

The Malvani police booked a woman and her male friend for allegedly falsely accusing a Delhi-based 74-year-old businessman of rape case and extorting Rs 18.5 lakh from him.

Sep 14, 2020 13:45 IST Sukha Jawla Wanga Batatchyachi Bhaji Recipe: Dried Prawns With Brinjal And Potato A delicious, seasonal Malvani preparation using fine, dried prawns, combining them with brinjal ...

An incident involving the kidnapping of a youth over a mobile phone dispute has been reported in the Malvani area. The Malvani police have arrested four individuals in connection with the case. A ...